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. 2024 May 2;26:e49910. doi: 10.2196/49910

Table 5.

Summary of the identified barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the SurPassa (version 2.0) throughout all 3 health care system scenarios.

Characteristics Barriers Facilitators
Scenario 1: national EHISsb

Austriac
  • Uncertainty about data retention

  • Lack of resources

  • Standardized and structured data exchange

  • Straightforward GDPRd compliance using pseudonymization

  • Data protection can be guaranteed

  • Use of ATCe code system for medication

  • Use of ICD-O-3f for histology


Lithuania
  • Uncertainty about data retention

  • Standardized and structured data exchange

  • Majority of the data systems is accessible

  • Majority of patient data is available

  • Use of HL7 FHIRg

  • Data protection can be guaranteed

  • Sufficiency of resources

  • Use of ICD-O-3 for histology

Scenario 2: regional EHISs

Italy
  • EHIS infrastructure discrepancies

  • Uncertainty about data protection

  • Uncertainty about data retention

  • Uncertainty about the sufficiency of resources

  • Availability of personalized EHRh (Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico)

  • Majority of the data systems is accessible

  • Majority of patient data is available

  • Use of HL7 FHIR

  • Use of ATC code system for medication


Spain
  • EHIS infrastructure discrepancies

  • Unavailability of HDEi standards

  • Uncertainty about data retention

  • Uncertainty about the sufficiency of resources

  • Availability of personalized EHR (Historia de Salud Electrónica)

  • Majority of the data systems is accessible

  • Majority of patient data is available

  • Data protection can be guaranteed

Scenario 3 cancer registries and hospital-based EHISs

Belgium
  • Data origination from different sources

  • EHIS infrastructure discrepancies

  • Uncertainty about data protection

  • Uncertainty about data retention

  • Uncertainty about the sufficiency of resources

  • Majority of the data systems is accessible

  • Majority of patient data is available

  • Use of HL7 FHIR

  • Use of ATC code system for medication


Germany
  • Data origination from different sources

  • EHIS infrastructure discrepancies

  • Majority of the data systems is accessible but not downloadable

  • Uncertainty about data protection

  • Uncertainty about data retention

  • Lack of resources

  • Availability of structured centralized clinical trial databases

  • Majority of patient data is available

  • Use of HL7 FHIR

  • Use of ICD-O-3 and ICCC-3j for cancer diagnosis and histology

aSurPass: Survivorship Passport.

bEHIS: electronic health information system.

cAccessibility of data systems and patient data availability is unknown due to missing answers from the information technology specialist from Austria.

dGDPR: General Data Protection Regulation.

eATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical.

fICD-O-3: International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition.

gHL7 FHIR: Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources.

hEHR: electronic health record.

iHDE: health data exchange.

jICCC-3: International Classification of Childhood Cancer, Third edition.