Secondary Use of Health Data: Best Practices and Examples from the Field
This session takes the discussion one step further, moving from European frameworks and project coordination to the practical realities that will shape the future of secondary use under the EHDS.
As cooperation frameworks mature and national infrastructures develop, the focus shifts to implementation in practice: how can health data originating from diverse clinical settings be reused meaningfully and responsibly across borders? The session will examine challenges related to clinical data consistency, dataset comparability, research usability, operational capacity, and the preservation of professional and public trust.
The discussion will concentrate on what must be strengthened in practice -across infrastructures, communities, and institutions- for secondary use to function reliably at European scale and for EHDS to deliver tangible value.
Chair: Christine Driva
Speakers:
- MyData Our Health Initiative: engaging stakeholders and sustaining trust in secondary use, Zoi Kolitsi
- Secondary use of medical imaging data in Europe (EUCAIM), Gianna Tsakou
- Nordic real-world experience: what actually works and how we got there, Truls Korsgaard
- Enabling research access without unnecessary bureaucracy—while fully preserving safeguards. Charalambos Vassiliou
Moderated Discussion:
From Compliance to Meaningful Reuse
Panellists: Dimitrios Athanasiou, Antonis Billis
