Health
The healthcare sector manages vast amounts of administrative and clinical data, which can improve the quality and efficiency of care delivery services, meet regulatory compliance requirements, and maintain data security. Fragmented and proprietary data, existing in various formats across multiple systems, pose significant challenges to data integration and collaboration within the healthcare sector. This challenge extends to maintaining accurate and up-to-date electronic health records (EHR) due to the complexities of healthcare data across public health organisations, providers, pharmacies, patients, and insurance bodies. Healthcare organisations must also adhere to government compliance and regulatory rules. Data spaces can help address these challenges by providing a way for businesses, healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers to share data with better control and provide an ecosystem for secure digital data management.
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) aims to benefit individuals, healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers by improving access to healthcare data while maintaining strict data protection standards. Initiatives like the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI) facilitate the cross-border exchange of health data through a common ICT infrastructure and services provided by the European Commission. Luxembourg has launched Dataspace 4 Health to revolutionise data exchange in healthcare. The EU Parliament recently approved the EHDS as a political agreement to arrange better care through data availability.
The iSHARE Trust Framework will help realise European Health Data Space and meet its objectives. It offers healthcare enterprises secure mechanisms for managing fragmented data across different systems. Organisations like public health organisations, providers, pharmacies, patients, and insurance bodies can adopt a smooth data exchange with a validation process for identities and certificates.
Discover how organisations in the health sector can potentially benefit from the implementation of the iSHARE Trust Framework.