Integration engine specialists, Enovacom, have supported the Schützen Rheinfelden Clinic in Switzerland to tackle a major challenge: connecting and ensuring the reliability of more than 50 different IT systems used on a daily basis for everything from care planning and booking to organisation management.
Sharing insights into the project, Enovacom and the Schützen Rheinfelden Clinic have published a case study, to outline how the clinic responded to healthcare interoperability challenges and how the project replaced a previous integration engine. The case study details how a 104-bed clinic with a complex technological configuration managed to centralise and secure its data flows without compromising service quality.
It goes on to highlight how automating appointment scheduling, previously done entirely manually, has enabled the clinic to free up staff time and significantly reduce the workload of its teams.
Matthias Meyer, IT Director at the clinic, commented: “Once the engine is properly installed, you don’t have to worry about it anymore. It works on its own.”
- Handling IT complexity and facilitating data exchange
- Redundant data management and error-prone interfaces
- Central integration platform as a solution
- Impressive efficiency gains in scheduling
- Versatile application and positive experiences
- Measurable added value for the clinic
Wider trend: Interoperability
A recent HTN Now panel discussion focused on the question of how health and care can tackle interoperability, with HTN joined by Kate Warriner (chief transformation and digital officer at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust); Chris Johnson (chief medical information officer at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust); and John Kosobucki (CEO and founder of OX.DH).
The Government of Ireland has shared its Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025, outlining digital priorities across pharmacy IT integration, e-prescribing, data sharing, and vendor engagement, with a view to ensuring “community pharmacists are better equipped to contribute to national health priorities”.
During a “Make Health Tech Great Again” event held at the White House with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Trump Administration vowed to build a “smarter, more secure, and more personalised healthcare experience”, with focus on interoperability, personalised tools, and private sector buy-in.
