HL7 FHIR as the Engine for National Interoperability: The Italian NHS Case Study

The Italian National Health Service (SSN) serves a diverse population across 20 autonomous regions, which has historically led to fragmented, regionally siloed patient data. This session details Italy's ambitious national strategy to transition to a truly unified digital health ecosystem through the development and nationwide roll-out of the Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico (FSE) as the core interoperability hub. We will demonstrate how Italy is leveraging the HL7 FHIR standard to unify and standardize not only the FSE but also critical national services, including:

• The National Telemedicine Platform, ensuring standardized service delivery and data exchange for remote patient care.
• We will explore the complex technical and political roadmap required to mandate the use of FHIR-based APIs across these diverse regional and national components.

Speaker: Marco Pingitore, ASP Crotone (Public Healthcare), Psychologist; Member, HL7 Italy