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Introduction and status update on the EHDS Regulation Passed

Wednesday May 15, 2024 13:00 - 13:25 F1

Lecturers: Dmitry Etin, Michel Silvestri, Rikard Lövström
Moderator: Maria Hassel

Track: The European Health Data Space; a health specific ecosystem

When the Vitalis Conference takes place in May 2024 the new EU Regulation for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) may already have been finally adopted and entered into force. EHDS aims to empower the citizens when it comes to having control over their own health data. At the same time contributing to health care as well as research and innovation by providing access to relevant health data in an efficient and secure manner. Expected outcomes include for instance new innovative medical treatments and diagnostics, development of AI tools, and Precision Medicine, thus optimizing value from health data, for the benefit of individuals as well as society as a whole. However, there is no doubt that the implementation of EHDS also comes with substantial challenges of different kinds.

This introduction will give an update on the status of EHDS, on preparative EU projects and describe EU and Swedish aspects on interoperability layers of legal, technical, semantic and organizational character.

Language

English

Topic

Legislation

Seminar type

Live broadcast

Lecture type

Presentation

Objective of lecture

Orientation

Level of knowledge

Introductory

Target audience

Management/decision makers
Politicians
Organizational development
Purchasers/acquisitions/eco nomy/HR
Technicians/IT/Developers
Researchers
Students

Keyword

Actual examples (good/bad)
Benefits/effects
Welfare development
Management
Follow-up/Report of current status
Patient safety
Government information

Conference

Vitalis

Lecturers

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Dmitry Etin Lecturer

Digital Health Architect
Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Dmitry Etin, MSc, is an expert in digital health, focusing on interoperability and health data management at the intersection of technology, medicine, and policy development.
He is actively involved in various European Health Data Space (EHDS) related activities, including co-leading the EHDS Secondary Use Capacity Building project, serving as an external interoperability advisor at the European Medicines Agency, and contributing to Horizon-funded research initiatives such as XPanDH on Primary use interoperability and HealthData@EU Pilot.

As a co-founder of FOROME.ORG, an open-source bioinformatics community originating from NIH-funded Brigham Genomic Medicine, Dmitry contributes to the development of tools for genomic analysis of complex patient cases with hereditary diseases.

Dmitry has worked with multinational companies like Tieto, Dell, Oracle, and NTT Data, designing complex healthcare interoperability platforms for national and regional health systems in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including projects such as KANTA in Finland and National EMR in Georgia.

Dmitry also lectures at Deggendorf Institute of Technology in the Master of Digital Health Program, sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation of digital health professionals.

Dmitry began his career with a 7-year tenure at a hospital, where he established and expanded the IT department, championing the adoption of IT technology in health practice. His development of Patient Administration and Electronic Medical Record systems during this period laid the groundwork for his expertise in health IT.

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Michel Silvestri Lecturer

Enhetschef
E-hälsomyndigheten

Michel Silvestri är utredare på E-hälsomyndigheten.

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Rikard Lövström Lecturer

Läkare
Karolinska sjukhuset

Rikard Lövström är läkare, specialist i allmänmedicin och är inriktad mot medicinsk informatik och brobyggande arbete med hälsodata mellan bland annat klinik och forskning, både lokalt, nationellt och internationellt. Rikard har en tjänst på informatikteamet på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset, i samarbete med KI, SciLifeLab och Swelife. Rikard har med sig erfarenheter från två decenniers klinisk verksamhet och sedan en rad nationella projekt kring uppmärksamhetsinformation, läkemedel, vårdrelaterade infektioner, digitalisering av intyg, patientens tillgång till journalinformation, olika beslutsstöd och tillgängliggörande av hälsodata för olika tillämpningar. Rikard har arbetat med bland annat terminologier som Snomed CT och hälsodata i en rad olika format. Uppdragsgivare har varit bland annat Socialstyrelsen, SKR, Inera, KI, Swelife.

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Maria Hassel Moderator

Internationell samordnare
E-hälsomyndigheten