Official API is in development

[oehhar]

Great work, guys, thank you!
Maybe, the following link may be integrated :

EUDAMED API Playground 3.18.0

Let me also state, that this web-page also repeats the "EUDAMED is complicated" idiom.
I invite you to change this opinion, due to the following facts:

• EUDAMED is valid for all member states. Alternative is 31 national data bases and procedures
• EUDAMED is really a data base and not a stack of scanned faxes, as requested by some member countries
• EUDAMED will make practical hospital life much better. Digital master data and digital vigilance (e.g. recalled lot lists) are a big improvement to the current state. My member states national data base had 2% coverage in an OP scan test and the practice to communicate recalls by faximile does not work, as recalled serial numbers must be typed manually. This is the current state and we get away from it.
• My member state constantly tries to weaken EUDAMED and push it in a regulatory parallel world (example: Master UDI-DI). We are happy, that more digital member states limit this to not so relevant product groups.
• EUDAMED must be a success - work toward it.
• The commission had two sister projects: pharmaceuticals and cosmetica. The pharmaceutical project was solved by national data bases with a big money impact on manufacturers. A lot of pharmaceuticals left some European markets. They did not want to repeat this.

The European Comission people are IT experts. Unfortunately, most documents are written by regulatory experts (lawers). Due to that, it is importent to get relyable IT information. And your initiative is a key to this.

Just an idea,
Harald

[olieidel]

Hi Harald,

Thanks for your idea, much appreciated!

Would you be willing to write up a short step-by-step guide on how people can get access to the Eudamed playground and API?

I looked into this a while ago and gave up after 30 minutes or so as I didn't really understand how (or where) to sign up and get access.

Oliver

[oehhar]

Oliver,
yes, with pleasure. I have planned this this year.

Last week, we had a telco by the comission. The commission only presented UML diagrams instead of text, great. They really work toward data base implementation now and leave all the regulatory requests behind.
Harald