Gematik’s TI-Messenger - secure healthcare communications based on Matrix.
TI-Messenger is the new standard for secure communication in the German healthcare system. It underpins real time communications for more than 150,000 organizations and 74 million patients. Gematik, the German National Agency for Digital Medicine, specified the standard to make sure that the communication is interoperable and secure.
Element doesn’t offer its own TI-Messenger app; we support our partners to create outstanding solutions for TI-Messenger.
We speed up the development of TI-Messenger compliant services. This includes consulting, SDKs and a fully compliant backend.
We help create an efficient and cost-effective TI-Messenger compliant backend hosting environment. This includes advanced administrative tooling and functionality.
We work with standards bodies like gematik to advise on the Matrix protocol, the spec process and advanced features like private federations and security proxies.
Built on Matrix, TI-Messenger uses end-to-end encryption to keep health data safe. Messages are encrypted on the sending device, and decrypted by the receiving device. Messages can not be read by any server passing on the data. At Element, it’s our business to keep the Matrix encryption secure and up-to-date. We work with security researchers and security auditing firms to ensure our reference implementations are always compliant with strong standards.
Matrix is decentralised, delivering data sovereignty and powerful federation through a mission critical network. Every organization can run its own TI-Messenger server and stay in control of its data. There is no central server; every organization retains its digital sovereignty. Element develops technology - Secure Border Gateways and IT-Messenger proxies - to control data flows between Matrix servers according to self-determined policies and rules.
Matrix hides the technical complexities of end-to-end encryption, digital sovereignty and federation in a powerful protocol. Element builds on that protocol to create powerful, easy-to-manage Homeservers and simple to use apps. Our deepMatrix expertise and UX experience helps keep complexities under the hood so users can focus on what matters in a simple, familiar environment.
The TI-Messenger Homeserver is the fundamental building block of your TI-Messenger solution. It is a Gematik compliant specialized version of our proven Element Server Suite, with the primary Matrix homeserver Synapse at its core. We have optimized it for organizations embracing the TI-Messenger standard, including data retention policies and other required features. You can host the TI-Messenger Homeserver yourself or run it in your private cloud.
A private federation for more than 150,000 healthcare organizations demands additional network security. The Element Secure Border Gateway is configured to serve as the TI-Messenger Proxy. It enforces the necessary communication rules and ensures compliance by implementing the Gematik specification.
The Admin Console provides a powerful graphical configuration tool to administer the TI-Messenger Homeserver. It allows administrators to define data retention policies, administer rooms and users, manage media storage and configure other aspects of the server.
Self-hosted TI-Messenger Homeserver that’s configured and managed by the creators of Matrix.
Get your TI-Messenger environment live, without having to create or manage your backend.
Benefit from the Matrix creators’ intimate knowledge of the protocol, and serving 100+M users on matrix.org.
A future-proof backend for TI-Messenger, that’s always ahead of the curve.
