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. 2026 Sep 22;10:e88619. doi: 10.2196/88619

Table 1.

Assessment of health data standards by category for the secondary use of health data in the IDERHAa project. For each of the data categories identified in this study, the table lists the candidate standards evaluated and their scores across 5 criteria each rated high, medium, low, or partial.

Data category and standard Adoption and popularity Interoperability OMOPb-CDMc compatibility EHDSd alignment Tooling and support IDERHA role
Observational and clinical data

OMOP-CDM v5.4 High High Primary High High Primary

HL7e FHIRf High High Partial High High Complementary

CDISCg SDTMh High Medium Partial Partial High Complementary

CDISC ADaMi High Medium Partial Partial High Complementary
Terminologies and vocabularies

OMOP standardized vocabularies High High Primary High High Primary

SNOMED CTj High High Primary High High Complementary

LOINCk High High Primary High High Complementary

RxNorm/ATCl/ICD-10m/CPT-4n/HCPCSo High High Primary High High Complementary
Metadata

DCAT-APp Medium High Not applicable High Medium Primary

HealthDCAT-AP Low High Complementary High Low Primary

Gaia-X Self-Description Medium High Not applicable High Medium Complementary

CDISC Define-XML High Medium Partial Partial High Complementary
Imaging

DICOMq High High Extension High High Primary

OMOP-CDM Imaging extension Low Medium Extension Partial Low Extension

NIfTIr Medium Medium Partial Partial Medium Complementary

Genomic CDM (OHDSIs Oncology WG) Low Medium Extension Partial Low Extension
Molecular biology and genetics

GA4GHt High High Complementary Partial High Complementary

CDISC SDTM High Medium Partial Partial High Complementary
Security and privacy

GA4GH Passport Medium High Not applicable Partial Medium Primary

GA4GH AAIu Medium High Not applicable Partial Medium Primary

ISO/IECv 27001:2022 High Medium Not applicable High Medium Complementary

eIDASw High High Not applicable High Medium Primary
AI model representation

ONNXx High High Not applicable Partial High Primary

MEDSy Low Medium Partial Partial Low Complementary

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Medium Not applicable Not applicable Partial Low Complementary

ISO/WDz 24051-2 Low Low Not applicable Partial Low Complementary

ISO/IEC 22989 Medium Not applicable Not applicable Partial Low Complementary
Environmental data

OHDSI GISaa Extension Low Medium Extension Partial Low Extension

INSPIREab + ISO 19115-1/ISO 19119/ISO 19136 High Medium Complementary High Medium Complementary
Socioeconomic data

HL7 FHIR Gravity Medium Medium Partial Partial Medium Complementary

ESeC Medium Low Partial Partial Low Complementary
PREMsac/PROMSad

PROae FHIR IGaf Medium High Partial Partial Medium Primary

ISO/IEEEag 11073-10201:2020 Medium Medium Partial Partial Low Complementary

aIDERHA: Integration of Heterogeneous Data and Evidence Towards Regulatory and Health Technology Assessment Acceptance.

bOMOP: Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership.

cCDM: Common Data Model.

dEHDS: European Health Data Space.

eHL7: Health Level Seven.

fFHIR: Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources.

gCDISC: Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium.

hSDTM: Study Data Tabulation Model.

iADaM: Analysis Data Model.

jSNOMED CT: Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms.

kLOINC: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes.

lATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical.

mICD-10: International Classification of Diseases.

nCPT-4: Current Procedural Terminology, 4th edition.

oHCPCS: Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

pDCAT-AP: Data Catalog Vocabulary Application Profile for European Data Portals.

qDICOM: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine.

rNIfTI: Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative.

sOHDSI: Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics.

tGA4GH: Global Alliance for Genomics and Health.

uAAI: Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure.

vIEC: International Electrotechnical Commission.

weIDAS: electronic Identification, Authentication, and Trust Services.

xONNX: Open Neural Network Exchange.

yMEDS: Medical Event Data Standard.

zISO/WD: ISO/Working Draft.

aaGIS: Geographic Information System.

abINSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community.

acPREM: patient-reported experience measure.

adPROM: patient-reported outcome measure.

aePRO: patient reported outcome.

afIG: implementation guide.

agIEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.