
EHDS Primary Use: Panel Passed
Wednesday May 6, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 Vitalis Plaza
Moderator: Alexander BerlerPanelists: Daniel Karlsson, Monika Budvytienė, Morten Bakken, Rutt Lindström
Track: EHDS Primary Use: what do we know so far?
Topic
Data and Information
Seminar type
Live + On site
Lecture type
Panel
Objective of lecture
Orientation
Level of knowledge
Intermediate
Conference
Vitalis
Lecturers
Alexander Berler Moderator
Strategic Business Development Director
IHE Catalyst AISBL
Dr. Alexander Berler has an MSc in Biomedical Engineering and a PhD in Medical Informatics. He was affiliated with the Electrical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, as a Postgraduate Student and Research Associate in healthcare information systems interoperability, medical informatics and telemedicine until 1999. He has worked at In-formation Society SA, the Greek official governmental information technology project office, as a project director responsible for the large healthcare informatics projects of the Greek gov-ernment until 2006. He currently acts as the IHE Catalyst Strategic Business Development Direc-tor, promoting international standards based on Ihe methodologies concerning the IHE Tech-nical frameworks and Integration profiles, testing strategies and test tools. He is a member of several societies, institutes and organizations (IEEE, ACM, etc.), a member of several IHE Europe Committees and the Vice-Chair of HL7 Hellas, the Greek HL7 International Affiliate.
Daniel Karlsson Panelist
Utredare
E-hälsomyndigheten
Monika Budvytienė Panelist
Morten Bakken Panelist
Senior advisor
Helsedirektoratet
Physiotherapist with 15 years clinical experience. Has worked for a number of years wih digital health solutions, ineroperability and standardization. Currently working fir the Norwegian Directorate of Health, with Xt-EHR and the national messaging standards. User co-chair of IHE Norway.
Rutt Lindström Panelist
Standards expert
HL7 Europe / TEHIK
Data standardisation expert at the Estonian eHealth agency TEHIK and member of the HL7 Europe Technical Coordination Team. Responsible for the national terminology server and the publication of SNOMED CT in Estonia, and actively involved in multiple groups working on EHDS specifications and current EU cross-border services.