Healthcare software covers electronic health records, hospital and practice systems, medical imaging and PACS, laboratory and pharmacy systems, scheduling, and patient-facing apps. Hospitals, general practitioners, laboratories and care organisations use them to run care and to exchange information with colleagues and patients. Epic and Oracle Health are widely known non-EU reference points.
This is the most regulated category in the catalogue. Health data is special-category data under GDPR, and the European Health Data Space regulation sets a common framework for electronic health record systems, patient access, cross-border exchange and secondary use of health data. EHR system manufacturers are expected to meet interoperability and security requirements, and the sector falls under NIS2. For sovereignty, three points stand out: the imaging and record archives that must be kept for many years, the clinical dependency on availability, and the support staff who may access identifiable records from outside the EU.
When choosing a European option, check conformity with applicable medical-device and interoperability requirements, support for established exchange standards such as HL7 FHIR and DICOM, and national connections to patient portals and prescription systems. Ask where identifiable data is processed, how vendor support access is logged and limited, and how an archive can be exported in standard form if you change supplier.