Dmitry Etin, M.Sc. (Austria)
Founder and Managing Director, etza GmbH
Co-founder, Forome (open-source initiative for genomics and health data management)
Senior Advisor, European Commission EHDS capacity-building programme for the secondary use of health data
Lecturer, Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Dmitry Etin is a digital health strategist specializing in interoperability and health data management at the intersection of technology, medicine, and policy. He guides organizations and policymakers through the complexities of health data governance and large-scale interoperability initiatives, bringing practical solutions to critical challenges in digital health.
He is actively involved in shaping the European Health Data Space. He contributes to the European Commission's EHDS capacity-building programme for the secondary use of health data and advises Dataspace4Health in Luxembourg on EHDS alignment and health data regulation. He has worked with the European Medicines Agency on the network data strategy of the European medicines regulatory network, and is involved in several Horizon-funded research initiatives accelerating the adoption of interoperable EHR systems in the EU.
He is the founder of etza GmbH, an Austrian advisory firm for health data governance and interoperability. As a co-founder of Forome, an open-source initiative for genomics, health data management, and regulatory compliance, he helps develop data provenance and analysis tools for complex healthcare and clinical research cases.
Dmitry has worked with multinational companies like Tieto, Dell, Oracle, and NTT Data, designing large-scale healthcare interoperability platforms across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has designed numerous national and regional implementations of HIE and EHR platforms, including Finland's KANTA system and a regional EMR in South Africa.
He holds an MSc in Computer Science and is Associate Professor in Deggendorf Institute of Technology's Master of Digital Health Program, sharing his expertise with the next generation of digital health professionals.
Dmitry started his career with a seven-year tenure at a hospital, where he built and led the IT department, pushing for digital transformation in clinical practice. His early work on Patient Administration and Electronic Medical Record systems set the stage for his deep focus on health IT.