Catalonia extends vitagroup contract for the single patient record infrastructure

vitagroup’s Health Intelligence Platform (HIP), delivered in partnership with IBM, serves as the core infrastructure for Catalonia’s digital transformation, providing the standardised Clinical Data Repository necessary to support unified health information across the region.

Built on the openEHR standard, the platform integrates data from multiple hospital information systems and the Shared Clinical History of Catalonia (HC3) into a longitudinal patient record. This unfied information is accessible across different systems that are used by both clinicians and patients.

Delivering high performance at scale

More than 13 million electronic health records have already been migrated to the platform which currently manages production-scale datasets exceeding 1.3 billion clinical compositions. Average query response times are around 60 milliseconds, supporting reliable access to clinical information even under high demand, while also enabling complex population-level queries at scale.

Dr Nils Hellrung, CEO – Strategy & Operations, vitagroup: “Our project in Catalonia with our partners IBM demonstrates that open standards and smart architecture can deliver the performance and scale needed for modern healthcare, proving that interoperability doesn’t require compromise on speed or reliability.”

Jordi Piera Jimenéz, Director of the Digital Health Strategy at Catalan Health Service (CatSalut): “We’re pleased to extend our partnership with vitagroup and IBM as we continue moving toward a single patient record for Catalonia. The platform has proven both reliable and high-performing, giving us a strong foundation for more connected, person-centred care.”