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There are two types of purposes for the European Health Data Ecosystem – EHDE (scheduled to come into force in 2026). The primary uses are for healthcare delivery, so it is important to have access to health information for citizens outside their country to prescribe and buy medicines. A novelty is the secondary use of data, i.e. sharing information for scientific research purposes, given its relevance for medical innovation as well for the development of health policies and regulations. The European Union believes that the EHDE will strengthen patients’ rights. However, the protection of personal data is unclear. The information includes several categories of elements: patient summary, electronic prescription, electronic dispensation, medical image and image report, laboratory result and discharge report. The aim of this study is to analyze the vulnerabilities of the future EHDE for the protection of personal data. Indeed, being more universal, it creates greater vulnerability than if the data were contained in a Member State (MS). Moreover, the system does not create special rules for information security, referring to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which, paradoxically, states that it has not had uniform application in all MS.
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European Health Data Ecosystem General Data Protection Regulation
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Curado, H. (2023). Health data risks In 2026 – The future european health data ecosystem. 15th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law Program and Book of Abstracts, 102. https://upbioetica.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Book-of-Abstracts-of-the-Ph.D.-in-Bioethics_2.pdf
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Associação Portuguesa de Bioética FMUP