The JARDIN Hackathon to Seek Solutions to Overcome Technical Barriers in Health Data Exchange: From the Point of Care to European Registry Networks
By: César Bernabé, Daphne Wijnbergen, Alberto Cámara, Karolis Cremers, Margarida Magalhães, Daniela Vicentini Albring, Sergi Aguiló-Castillo, Kalia Orphanou, Stella Tamana, Maria Xenophontos, Laura Menotti, Mirco Cazzaro, Ornella Irrera, Joëlle Thonnard, Sander van Boom, Iris C. M. Pelsma, Annika Jacobsen, Andrew Gibson, Veronica Popa, Mark Wilkinson and Marco Roos
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2026-029 | Journal eISSN: 1683-1470
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 29
Submitted on: Nov 21, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 9, 2026
Published on: Aug 12, 2026
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