# Blog by John Meredith, Digital Health.Wales - What is openEHR and why is it so important

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**Created:** 2021-02-02 11:09 UTC
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## Post #1 by @JillRiley

NHS Wales Informatics Services has been carrying out a technical evaluation into openEHR to test its viability as a repository for structured clinical data. The technology will be rolled out soon to support national projects such as Accelerating Cancer and to provide a shared medications record for NHS Wales.

"Adopting openEHR allows NHS Wales to start the transition from the siloed and document bound approach to the emerging open platform"

[Read more](https://digitalhealth.wales/news/what-openehr-and-why-it-important)

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