Digitalising the healthcare sector is key to advancing innovation and ensuring the health and safety of citizens. The European Commission has presented a proposal for a European Health Data Space (EHDS) comprised of rules, common standards and practices meant to unleash health data’s full potential. For the EHDS to be successful, it must ensure legal certainty and flexibility, and establish open, transparent and structured engagement with all stakeholders.
Unleashing the full potential of health data
Digitalising the healthcare sector is key to advancing innovation and ensuring the health and safety of citizens. The European Commission has presented a proposal for a European Health Data Space (EHDS) comprised of rules, common standards and practices meant to unleash health data’s full potential. For the EHDS to be successful, it must ensure legal certainty and flexibility, and establish open, transparent and structured engagement with all stakeholders.
Emilia Valbum on how to build a better EHDS
Read how we can enable the European Health Data Space to thrive and watch as Emilia Valbum (3M), Vice-Chair, Health Committee, AmCham EU explains how the EU institutions can build the best EHDS.
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