IHE Plugathon 2026

The IHE-Europe Plugathon will take place alongside the IHE-Europe Connectathon WEEK, in Brussels, Belgium from 23 to 27 March 2026.

The Plugathon offers a unique educational and testing opportunity by leveraging IHE experiences from the well-established IHE-Europe Connectathon. This event provides an opportunity to learn & share experiences and a platform for a specific community to innovate, including on-the-fly connections, with the APIs of health IT product solutions in a standardized way. It's the way to propel your projects forward!
 

The 2026 IHE-Europe Connectathon Week edition will offer following events:

 

Plugathon for EHDS Primary Usage

Monday 23 - Wednesday 25
 
Description: 
A hands-on session focused on testing European Implementation Guides for the EHDS primary use of data (IPS, Imaging, Laboratory, HDR). Participants will validate EU project test cases, work directly with experts to resolve technical issues, and strengthen their understanding of interoperability tools.
 
The session is ideal for technical teams and vendors preparing for EHDS-aligned integration and results in concrete feedback reports and verified implementations.
 
 

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Plugathon for Devices

From Monday, 23 March 2026 to Friday, 27 March 2026 morning
 
Description:
A hands-on, developer-focused Plugathon dedicated to advancing SDC/SDPi integration ahead of future IHE Connectathon testing. Participants will work with simulated and prototype device systems, develop and refine SDPi-P and SDPi-R test cases, and collaborate with Gazelle experts to integrate tooling and prepare for formal testing later in 2026. Participation requires prior qualification.
 
 
 

Plugathon openEHR – Exploring openEHR Integration within IHE Profiles and further collaboration opportunities

Wednesday, 25 March 2026, educational session in the afternoon and Thursday, 26 March 2026 all day, with a dedicated testing session followed by the wrap-up.

 

Reasons to come: 
SUTs “IHE”: Come if you have the business need to get data from OpenEHR. 
No need to change your system (standard QEDm or MHD consumer actor)
SUTs “openEHR”: Come if you have the business need to act as a data repository to the FHIR world. 
No need to change your system, but need to support AQL and IPS archetype
Experimental “bridge” systems: Come if your business is to “bridge” the FHIR world to openEHR
If you come from openEHR side, you need to add IHE APIs (QEDm, MHD)
If you come from IHE side, you need to add OpenEHR APIs and AQL capabilities
 
Both need to include the https://open-fhir.com project – or – come with an own Archetype-FHIR translation
Come in any stage of maturity of your system (Planning, Prototype, Product)
 
 
 
 

Want to know more about how IHE-Europe Connectathon can help your eHealth programme or project?

Please contact IHE-Catalyst by email