MEDCOM

Their core work

MEDCOM is a Danish organization specializing in health IT interoperability and secure cross-border eHealth services. They focus on enabling patient data exchange between healthcare systems, including EU-US cooperation on patient summaries and electronic health records. Their work spans eHealth conformity assessment, cybersecurity for health data (including blockchain auditing and encryption), and standardization of interoperable health services. They have coordinated transatlantic cooperation efforts on patient summary standards.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

MEDCOM's H2020 activity is concentrated in a narrow window (2016-2019), making evolution analysis limited. Their early projects addressed both the security foundations of eHealth (KONFIDO's encryption and blockchain work) and conformity standards (EURO-CAS), while their coordination of Trillium II in 2017 signals a move toward international-scale policy and standards bridging. The trajectory suggests a shift from technical participation toward strategic coordination of cross-border health data frameworks.

MEDCOM appears to be moving from technical eHealth security work toward higher-level coordination of international health data interoperability standards, though no post-2019 H2020 activity is visible.

How they like to work

MEDCOM operates as both coordinator and participant, having led Trillium II (their largest funded project at EUR 202,500) while joining two other consortia as partner. With 44 unique partners across 17 countries from just 3 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia typical of EU eHealth policy and standards initiatives. This broad network suggests they are well-connected across European health IT communities rather than locked into a narrow set of repeat partners.

Despite only 3 projects, MEDCOM has built a remarkably wide network of 44 partners across 17 countries, reflecting participation in large-scale eHealth coordination actions. Their reach spans much of Europe and extends to transatlantic cooperation with the US.

What sets them apart

MEDCOM brings a distinctive combination of health IT infrastructure expertise with a strong standards and interoperability orientation, rooted in Denmark's advanced digital health ecosystem. Their coordination of EU-US patient summary cooperation (Trillium II) positions them as a bridge between European and American health data systems. For consortium builders, they offer practical experience in making disparate health IT systems talk to each other — not just in theory but in cross-border, cross-continental deployment.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Trillium II
  Coordinated by MEDCOM, this project tackled the ambitious goal of scaling EU-US cooperation on patient summary standards — their largest funded effort.
• KONFIDO
  Combined advanced security technologies (homomorphic encryption, blockchain auditing, photonic PUF) specifically for protecting cross-border eHealth data exchange.