全球智库信息集成服务系统

• The literature on health data generation and use identifies a myriad of potential social and economic benefits, spanning three broad categories: (i) benefits for various stages of the R&D process, (ii) benefits for pharmacovigilance and public health and (iii) benefits for healthcare delivery and the health ecosystem more widely. Within each category, we discuss diverse potential benefit types.
• Creating sustainable and effective health data ecosystems will require: (i) considering the value propositions presented by health data in the context of interdependencies and interactions between stakeholders and sectors, (ii) building on existing efforts and momentum to address data quality and technical considerations, (iii) making the most of recent data protection advancements and considering models of data sharing, (iv) considering workforce capacity-building by supporting professionals in making the most out of health data and (v) learning from previous efforts to increase public awareness, acceptability and engagement with health data.

The potential of health data to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health research and development, healthcare delivery, and health systems more widely is substantial. There are many initiatives across the EU that are experimenting with ways to capture value and address the nexus of technical, legal, ethics-related, governance and data protection-related, and cultural challenges to delivering potential benefits for society and the economy. The field of health data research and policy is highly dynamic and there is a need for further reflection, thematic learning and evaluation to better understand how to create and connect receptive places, to inform future interventions and to identify transferable lessons. Our research emphasises that realising the benefits of health data at scale will require: a simultaneous focus on the technological and structural conditions that are required; collaboration and coordination to transform working cultures and build health and care workforce and citizen capacity to engage with data; and efforts to ensure that policy, industry, and research communities respond to public concerns, needs, and expectations in a timely and sustained manner. The global community of individuals and organisations with a stake in health data will also need to consider how progress can benefit different populations across the world in an equitable manner.

• Chapter One

  Background and context

• Chapter Two

  Key types of health data

• Chapter Three

  Different uses of health data and associated value

• Chapter Four

  Enabling receptive health data ecosystems

• Appendix A

  Methodological Approach

• Appendix B

  List of Consulted Experts

• Appendix C

  Value of Health Data – Selected Examples