Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
Infrastructure building to enable nationwide use and exchange of health data for research

An initiative of the Swiss Government

The Swiss Personalized Health Network is a national initiative under the leadership of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS). In collaboration with the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics it contributes to the development, implementation and validation of coordinated data infrastructures in order to make health-relevant data interoperable and shareable for research in Switzerland. 

SPHN has adopted a federative approach by building upon – and supporting – existing data sources and infrastructures across the country. To make health data interoperable and accessible for research, SPHN rallies all decision-makers from key clinical, research-, research support institutions and patient organizations around the same table.

See the Governance Structure.

Read the SPHN Factheet.

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Swiss Personalized Health Network: Short Report 2023 

In 2023, the NSB published its report on the continuation of the SPHN infrastructures from 2025 onwards. How to successfully operationalize the future SPHN-DCC has been a key focus over the past year. Read more about SPHN’s achievements in 2023 in our latest SPHN Short Report. More information...

A solid foundation for AI through SPHN semantic interoperability efforts

Integrating AI into healthcare and research holds immense promise for the future. SPHN's semantic interoperability strategy sets clear definitions and utilizes open standards, facilitating the efficient provision of clinical data for AI-based applications in medical research and care. More information...

What are the bottlenecks to health data sharing in Switzerland?

SPHN has laid important foundations to enable and promote the responsible use of health data in research. However, the sharing of health data repeatedly faces hurdles and bottlenecks. A recently published study now provides new insights. More information...

SAVE THE DATE for the upcoming “Data for Health” symposium

SPHN and PHRT are pleased to announce the upcoming symposium “Data for Health: Joining Forces for a Swiss Health Research Data Ecosystem” on 31 October 2024 at the Kursaal, Bern. More information…

 

SPHN in the spotlight of the "health terminal" podcast

In the latest episode of the podcast "health terminal", Dr. Thomas Geiger and Dr. Katrin Crameri explain why the use of health data for research is not a sure-fire success - and how SPHN has helped to overcome some of the hurdles. More information...

 

SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework release 2024.2

SPHN releases the 2024.2 edition of the SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework package, which contains the SPHN Dataset, the SPHN RDF Schema and all necessary components and information for its use. More information...

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