Processing Electronic Health Data in the European Health Data Space
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Bibliographic information
Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law
Volume 85 (2025), Issue 4
- Authors:
- Publisher
- C.H.Beck, München
- Copyright Year
- 2026
- ISSN-Online
- 2942-3562
- ISSN-Print
- 0044-2348
Chapter information
Volume 85 (2025), Issue 4
Processing Electronic Health Data in the European Health Data Space
- Authors:
- ISSN-Print
- 0044-2348
- ISSN-Online
- 2942-3562
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The widespread use and exchange of health data is central to modern digital medical care and research as well as the development of a European market for healthcare services and products. With the Regulation on the European Health Data Space (2025/327, hereinafter ‘EHDS’), the European Union is pursuing a landmark data infrastructure project that aims at improving the use of health data for healthcare, health research, health innovation, and health policy-making throughout the European Union (EU). This paper examines the EHDS’ functioning, structure, and relation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), also including its legislative development, and assesses it from the perspective of legislative competence in the areas of the internal market, data protection, public health, and the principle of proportionality.