Trust, ethics lie at heart of health data sharing, health professionals say

 

A more efficient sharing of valuable health data could improve our health systems significantly. But according to health professionals, this requires proper consideration of trust, ethics, and security.

To make the health sector stronger and more effective, health data is being pushed as a tool to aid innovation and allow better treatments for diseases. One big hurdle is the protection of data and ways to make sure it is being used for the common good.

That was part of the discussion at an event organised by the French Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins (CNOM) and the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) in the context of the French EU Council Presidency, which initiated the European ethical principles for digital health, adopted in February. (...)