Better, a leading provider of open digital health platforms, has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Europe, Middle East, and Africa Healthcare Data Platforms for Providers 2025 Vendor Assessment.
According to the IDC MarketScape, “Better’s emphasis on data control, interoperability, and clinician-friendly application development positions it as a high-impact innovator in Europe’s healthcare digital transformation efforts.” The report also noted that “Better Studio, the platform’s low-code environment, empowers clinicians and analysts to design and deploy applications without needing software engineering expertise.”
The report went on to note that “Better platform supports a wide range of deployment models, from single hospitals and regional care networks to full-scale national systems, adapting to diverse governance structures, integration needs, and compliance frameworks.”
Better open digital health platform follows the principle of data for life, ensuring that health data remains accessible, reusable, and interoperable across systems and care settings. Built on a modular three-layer architecture, consisting of the Better Clinical Data Repository (CDR), Better Studio, and Better Portal, the platform enables healthcare organisations to modernise their data infrastructure, accelerate application development, and enhance clinical workflows securely and at scale.
National and regional deployments all over Europe
Better platform supports both national and regional deployments and has been adopted across over 1,000 institutions in 28 countries, including major implementations in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, and Sweden. Better Platform is powering systems such as the Universal Care Plan for London, the National EHR in Greece, Slovenia, and Malta, as well as more than 60 hospitals in Finland, and several university hospitals in Germany and Switzerland. It is also the core health data platform for Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden.
“We believe being recognised as a Leader by the IDC MarketScape is a testament to our mission to make healthcare data open, reusable, and future-proof,” said Tomaž Gornik, CEO and founder of Better. “We believe that healthcare systems thrive when data is liberated from applications and used to empower clinicians, patients, and innovators. This recognition reinforces the value of open standards such as openEHR and FHIR in driving digital transformation across Europe and beyond.”
National and regional deployments all over Europe
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilises a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.
Source: IDC MarketScape: Europe, Middle East, and Africa Healthcare Data Platforms for Providers 2025 Vendor Assessment, September 2025, IDC #EUR150494623.
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures supplier product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of supplier strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.
