On 23 and 24 April, the Belgian presidency of the EU hosted an informal meeting of health ministers, focusing on key issues affecting health and healthcare systems across the EU (1).
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While the final text is under finalisation, the infrastructure according to the EP’s press release of Friday 15 March would work as follows :`
SUMMARY
The Space purports to ease access to personal health data and to boost secure sharing for the public & private interest :
-Patients will be able to access their personal health data electronically across the EU’s different healthcare systems (Article 12).
-Patients will be able to download their health record free of charge.
-Health professionals like dental practitioners will have access to their patients’ data, based strictly on what is necessary for a given treatment (this is the ‘primary use’ of these data). Member States will have to « develop and implement or provide access to training programs for health professionals » in that regard (Article 59a) as well as devices or services allowing a direct access to the health data (Recital 15).
-Industry & Research will have access to an unprecedented amount of health datasets (450 million citizens are potentially concerned) thanks to the possibility –heavily negotiated– of a « second use » of these data (see below). It will not take place before mid-2028 to the minimum (Article 72). It will limited opened to third-countries (Article 47b).
Lire la suite2 miles-stones & 1 requirement have been set by the Belgian presidency of the EU in March 2024:
1° A conference about the future of the EU Health Union took place in Brussels on 26–27 March.
The Belgian EU presidency worked to lay a foundation for a future EU health workforce strategy.
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