On 21 January, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) is expected to adopt the regulation on the European Health Data Space without debate, ten months after the institutions reached agreement (see EUROPE 13372/2). Before that, the text will be submitted to the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) for approval next week.
Thanks to the new rules, citizens will have immediate and simple access to their digital health data whenever they are in the EU, wherever they are. For example, when a patient seeks treatment abroad, healthcare professionals will, if necessary, be able to access key information from the patient’s Member State of origin. This will improve evidence-based decision making, reduce duplication of tests and examinations and improve patient care.
The text was due to come into force last autumn, but there is a ‘corrigendum’ procedure (the European Parliament adopted the corrigendum to its position of 24 April on 17 December 2024) and a deadline for legal-linguistic revision of the act.
Link to the rules: https://aeur.eu/f/ezo (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)