EU Wants to Create a Pan-Continental Medical Super-Database
The European Union is aiming to set up a medical super-database containing the medical information of citizens from across the multinational bloc.
EU officials look set to start their newest experiment with big data, with those within the new bloc promising to create a pan-European medical super-database containing the private health information of people from all across the union’s 27 member states.
While the multinational organisation’s mandarins appear to be praising the move as the next big step forward in healthcare for the union, past examples of data leaks and warnings from experts reveal that such a project might be fraught with danger.
According to a press release on the European Union’s website, the so-called “European Health Data Space”, or EHDS, will allow medical professionals, as well as approved researchers and third parties, to access citizen’s medical data in a way that is in keeping with EU laws surrounding privacy and information security.
Those who have their information on the system will also reportedly be able to control their information to some degree, being able to correct inaccurate elements and restrict access to certain records to some degree, the extent of which is left unmentioned in the press releases. – READ MORE
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