{"id":11299,"date":"2026-02-26T12:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/?p=11299"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:42:42","slug":"pressrelease-catalonia-contract-infrastructure-patient-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/pressrelease-catalonia-contract-infrastructure-patient-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Catalonia extends vitagroup contract for the single patient record infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;magazin-titel&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lichtgrau&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;headline-xl&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"EOP SCXW173346592 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">Catalonia extends vitagroup contract for the single patient record infrastructure<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;introduction&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Press Release<\/h2>\n<p>Catalonia has extended its contract with IBM, via its subsidiary Viewnext, and vitagroup to continue developing and supporting the region&#8217;s single patient record infrastructure, designed to enable more connected, person-centred healthcare for its 8 million inhabitants.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;back-button-row lichtgrau&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689591697517{background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-797357478ee6ce9fd2e02b937aa7382b.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-797357478ee6ce9fd2e02b937aa7382b > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><div class=\"btn-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/news-stories\/magazin\/\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off tertiary small back \" id=\"default-btn-797357478ee6ce9fd2e02b937aa7382b\" title=\"Magazin\"><i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-arrow-12\"><\/i><span>zur\u00fcck<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;magazin-content&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lichtgrau&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;no-padding-top&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]vitagroup\u2019s\u202fHealth Intelligence Platform (HIP), delivered in partnership with IBM, serves as the\u202fcore infrastructure\u202ffor Catalonia\u2019s digital transformation, providing the standardised Clinical Data Repository necessary to support unified health information across the region.<\/p>\n<p>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.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69db64a78465b\" data-id=\"69db64a78465b\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delivering high performance at scale<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">More than 13 million electronic health records have already been migrated to the\u00a0platform\u00a0which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">currently manages production-scale datasets exceeding 1.3 billion\u00a0clinical compositions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr Nils Hellrung, CEO \u2013 Strategy &amp; Operations, vitagroup: \u201cOur 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&#8217;t require compromise on speed or reliability.\u201d[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-content-box-container quote-with-image ratio-3-5\" >\t\t<div class=\"ult-content-box\" style=\"box-shadow: px px px px none;-webkit-transition: all 700ms ease;-moz-transition: all 700ms ease;-ms-transition: all 700ms ease;-o-transition: all 700ms ease;transition: all 700ms ease;\"  data-hover_box_shadow=\"none\"    >[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quote&#8221;]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.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quote-source\">Dr. Nils Hellrung<br \/>\nCEO &#8211; Strategie und Operations, vitagroup<br \/>\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1565&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221;]\t\t<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Jordi Piera Jimen\u00e9z, Director of the Digital Health Strategy at Catalan Health Service (CatSalut): \u201cWe\u2019re 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.\u201d[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-content-box-container quote-with-image ratio-3-5\" >\t\t<div class=\"ult-content-box\" style=\"box-shadow: px px px px none;-webkit-transition: all 700ms ease;-moz-transition: all 700ms ease;-ms-transition: all 700ms ease;-o-transition: all 700ms ease;transition: all 700ms ease;\"  data-hover_box_shadow=\"none\"    >[vc_single_image image=&#8221;11156&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quote&#8221;]The platform has proven both reliable and high-performing, giving us a strong foundation for more connected, person-centred care.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quote-source\">Jordi Piera Jimen\u00e9z<br \/>\nDirector of the Digital Health Strategy at Catalan Health Service (CatSalut)<br \/>\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lichtgrau no-padding-top&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;cta-card akzent&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;lichtgrau no-padding-top&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;top-title&#8221;]Press release for download[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\u201eCatalonia extends vitagroup contract for the single patient record infrastructure&#8221;[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69db64a784739\" data-id=\"69db64a784739\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-cfe34e22a08ffa0625d727f3ae60caca.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 17px;\n}\n#default-btn-cfe34e22a08ffa0625d727f3ae60caca > i {\n  margin-right: 17px;\n}<\/style><a href=\"title:Press%20Release|target:_blank\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off ico-right-side secondary invers btn-inline-left \" id=\"default-btn-cfe34e22a08ffa0625d727f3ae60caca\"><span>download PDF<\/span><i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-arrow-13\"><\/i><\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catalonia has extended its contract with IBM, via its subsidiary Viewnext, and vitagroup to continue developing and supporting the region&#8217;s single patient record infrastructure, designed to enable more connected, person-centred healthcare for its 8 million inhabitants. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-regions","category-66","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11299"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11318,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11299\/revisions\/11318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}