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Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: Apr 24, 2025
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 24, 2025 - Jun 19, 2025
Date Accepted: May 29, 2025
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Reality Check: The Aspirations of the European Health Data Space Amidst Challenges in Decentralized Data Analysis

Fröhlich H, Funck Hansen A, Hilvo M, Jansen G, Madan S, Moazemi S, Negreanu S, Satagopam V, Gribbon P, Muehlendyck C

Reality Check: The Aspirations of the European Health Data Space Amidst Challenges in Decentralized Data Analysis

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e76491

DOI: 10.2196/76491

PMID: 40971544

PMCID: 12448252

Reality Check: The Aspirations of the European Health Data Space Amidst Challenges in Decentralized Data Analysis

  • Holger Fröhlich; 
  • Anne Funck Hansen; 
  • Mika Hilvo; 
  • Gunther Jansen; 
  • Sumit Madan; 
  • Sobhan Moazemi; 
  • Sanziana Negreanu; 
  • Venkata Satagopam; 
  • Phil Gribbon; 
  • Christian Muehlendyck

ABSTRACT

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) aspires to enable secure, interoperable, and decentralized health data usage across Europe. This paper explores legal and technical challenges in implementing EHDS goals, particularly for secondary data use. It highlights federated and swarm learning as promising yet complex solutions, requiring robust infrastructure, standardization, and regulatory clarity. We emphasize the need for coordinated legislative and technological advances to realize EHDS ambitions.


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Fröhlich H, Funck Hansen A, Hilvo M, Jansen G, Madan S, Moazemi S, Negreanu S, Satagopam V, Gribbon P, Muehlendyck C

Reality Check: The Aspirations of the European Health Data Space Amidst Challenges in Decentralized Data Analysis

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e76491

DOI: 10.2196/76491

PMID: 40971544

PMCID: 12448252

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