White Paper “Building the Foundations for Standardized Clinical AI: The SYMPHONY Contributions”
The ITEA project “Building the Foundations for Standardized Clinical AI: The SYMPHONY Contributions” has been released as the project’s final public white paper deliverable, marking the closure of SYMPHONY at the end of March 2026.
This publication distils the consortium’s outcomes into a practical blueprint for solving the healthcare ‘interoperability crisis’ through an Open Data Backbone that smartly combines existing global standards (HL7 FHIR, OpenEHR, DICOM and IHE profiles) to enable traceable, compliant, human-in-the-loop clinical AI workflows.
Coordinated by Philips, SYMPHONY brought together an international consortium structure spanning clinical partners (including hospitals such as Karolinska, Amsterdam UMC and Leiden UMC), and industrial technology partners across multiple countries.
The white paper is intended for healthcare providers, vendors, and policymakers seeking a scalable, vendor-neutral foundation for trustworthy clinical AI. It highlights validation across four real clinical use cases:
- Prostate Cancer
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Multiple Sclerosis
It demonstrates how standards-based data and workflow integration can make clinical AI safer, more scalable, and future-ready.
