EIT Health Germany-Switzerland Ep. 9: What expectations should we have in regard to the European Health Data Space?
The biggest open question around the European Health Data Space (EHDS) are timelines, says Nick Schneider, Head of division 511 on new technologies and data use at the Germany Federal Ministry of Health.
The European Health Data Space is supposed to be implemented in a bit more than two years, by 2025. Two goals are at the forefront: to create the infrastructure for a European health data pool for researchers and innovators, and secondly, to enable patients to pick up their medications outside their home country and give doctors across Europe access to their patient information, if in need of medical care while abroad in Europe. On 18 November, EIT Health Germany-Switzerland and EIT Health Spain organized a joint symposium titled Right to privacy vs. duty to protect lives: Health Data Management in Focus. Speakers discussed patients’ perspectives on Health Data use and the EHDS, balancing health data privacy and AI development, ongoing approaches for data solutions, and more.
In this episode, Nick Schneider, Head of division 511 on new technologies and data use at the Germany Federal Ministry of Health discussed:
Where is EHDS at the moment,
Will it be implemented by 2025,
What are still the biggest open questions,
And how Germany is advancing with its digital transformation.
Resources:
EIT Health Statement on the European Health Data Space: https://eithealth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EIT-Health-Statement-on-the-EHDS-proposal_final-05052022.pdf
Joint Symposium with EIT Health Spain - EIT Health Germany (eit-health.de): https://eit-health.de/en/joint-symposium-2022/
eHealth Services across Europe: https://health.ec.europa.eu/ehealth-digital-health-and-care/electronic-cross-border-health-services_en