EU creates health data space: revolution for patient care!

EU creates health data space: revolution for patient care!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - On March 5, 2025, the European Health Data Area (EHDS) was launched, a pioneering project that is to revolutionize health care in the EU. "The European health data room EHDS is a milestone," emphasized Mag. Alexander Herzog, general secretary of the pharmig. This new platform enables the safe, cross -border exchange of health data and aims to significantly improve both individual patient care and general health policy decision making. The regulation ensures that the data is only used anonymously to guarantee the security of the citizens, as Herzog continued.

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Furthermore, the EHDS not only creates access for patients to their own electronic health data, but also for members of the health professions that are necessary for optimal treatment. The regulation defines clear regulations for data protection -compliant handling of this data. In the future, researchers and public institutions will be able to submit applications to the use of anonymized data in order to support research, innovation and political decisions. "Such a project requires the highest level of planning and organization," says Herzog, and there will still be a lot of work in the coming years to implement all the requirements of the EU.

The EHDS is gradually implemented in different phases. The exchange of patient short acts will start on March 26, 2029. At the same time, the rules for secondary use come into force. Another milestone is the expansion of the data space to additional health databas 2031. Detailed measures to ensure data security and confidentiality are introduced to ensure that patients can keep control of their data at any time. This is not only progress for health policy, but also a crucial step towards efficient and transparent health care in Europe, as highlights the Federal Ministry of Health.

The initiative to the EHDS is therefore not only a technical undertaking, but also an indispensable step to improve medical data availability and the quality of treatment in the entire European area.