In short: the International Patient Summary is the standard file for a person's essential health data, used by hospitals, national portals and apps across Europe and beyond. It is a technical file (HL7 FHIR), not meant to be read raw. This viewer opens it in your browser and lists what is inside: who it is about, allergies, medications, conditions, vaccinations, results and vital signs. It also opens SMART Health Links, the QR codes and links that carry a summary. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Any IPS file
From a hospital, a national portal, Anpheros Daily or another app, as JSON. Drop it or choose it.
SMART Health Links
Paste a link or the text of a scanned QR code; the content is decrypted on your device with the key in the link.
Keep it or share it
Anpheros Daily imports the same file into your record and creates links you can revoke.
How to use it
- A file: choose or drop the IPS (a
.jsonfile, sometimes inside a.zipyou unpack first). - A link: paste a
shlink:/...link, or a web address that contains one. If the link has a passcode, type it when asked. - Read the sections. Each shows the data as it is in the file, with its date, and says when a section is empty.
What the viewer shows
The summary's own sections: the person it is about, allergies and intolerances, medications, problems and conditions, immunizations, results, vital signs, procedures, medical devices, and the author and date of the summary. Codes (LOINC, SNOMED CT, ATC, ICD-10) are shown next to their text, so a doctor can check them. Our guide explains what the International Patient Summary contains.
What it does not do
It does not interpret anything and does not keep the file. It shows what the document says. For a summary that stays up to date and that you can hand to a clinic with a link you control, see how to share your health record with a clinic.
Frequently asked questions
What is an IPS file?
The International Patient Summary, a standard (HL7 FHIR) document with a person's essential health data, chosen by the EU and the WHO for cross-border exchange. Hospitals, national portals and apps can produce it; Anpheros Daily exports it for free.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The file is read by your browser on your device. Closing the page discards it.
Why does a link not open?
Some links need a passcode; type it when asked. Links can also expire or be revoked by their owner. A few servers do not allow a browser on another site to fetch the content; in that case the viewer says so, and the link still works in the app it was made for.
Can I open a hospital's own export that is not IPS?
If it is a FHIR Bundle in JSON, the viewer shows what it recognises. PDFs and other formats are not supported here.
Can I import the file into Anpheros Daily?
Yes. The app reads IPS and FHIR files into your record, keeping the codes, so results from one country line up with results from another.
