Health data, its storage and use are now becoming of crucial importance for patients, doctors and all health professionals. This is the major challenge of the coming years.
The European Commission launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The EHDS should help the EU to achieve a quantum leap forward in the way healthcare is provided to people across Europe. It should empower people to control and utilise their health data in their home country or in other Member States. It should foster a single market for digital health services and products. And it should offer a consistent, trustworthy and efficient framework to use health data for research, innovation, policy-making and regulatory activities, while ensuring full compliance with the EU’s high data protection standards.