The MedTech Forum is the largest health and medical technology industry conference in Europe and a key event since 2007. WHEN: 22-24 May 2024 WHERE: Messe Wien, Vienna, Austria The MedTech Forum 2024 will take place in Vienna on 22-24 May. This year’s edition promises to be an insightful and engaging experience, bringing together key players in the medical technology industry to explore the latest trends, innovations and opportunities. i~HD’s President Dipak Kalra will be part of the speakers’ panel for the session “Real-World Data – A Game Changer for the MedTech Industry” on the 24th of May ..read more

The European CRO Federation (EUCROF) and the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at fostering collaboration and advancing initiatives in the realm of data privacy, research, and healthcare innovation. “This MOU lays the foundation and defines the initial scope for a cooperative framework between EUCROF and i~HD, centred around the creation of a landscape of trust and transparency in the domain of data privacy for research and care” says Prof. Dr. Dipak Kalra President i~HD. “This partners ..read more

The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD), in collaboration with University of Hasselt, is organising a one-day symposium called “Big Data for Health & Care: The Arisal of Data Spaces”. WHEN: 23 April 2024 WHERE: Corda Campus, Hasselt, Belgium With this symposium, we aspire to facilitate an in-depth exploration of data spaces and research infrastructures, elucidate challenges and best practices for large-scale projects, and engage in a panel debate on the feasibility of implementing and integrating various data spaces at different levels, all underpinning the advanc ..read more

The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) is in unison with the 35-member strong coalition of health stakeholder organisations in highlighting some concerns on the proposed European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation. The coalition believes that the regulation has the potential to harness the benefits of the digital age for better health outcomes. However, the group is also raising ten fundamental issues that have not been addressed in the lead-up to the negotiations between the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission. The coalition belie ..read more

Ghent, Belgium, 1 December 2023 The European Institute for innovation through Health Data (i~HD) strongly promotes the greater use of health data by healthcare organisations to analyse healthcare services and patient outcomes at micro and macro levels in order to improve the quality and safety of care, for health data to be used widely to underpin public health and policy making, for research and innovation by public and private organisations. To achieve these benefits from health data at scale, and especially to deliver and bring value from the European Health Data Space, it is vital that he ..read more

Attendees of “Building Trust in Health Data – i~HD Annual Conference 2023 and Health Data Forum” during one of the plenary sessions Last 29 November – 1 December 2023, The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) held its successful annual conference titled “Building Trust in Health Data”. More than 300 participants attended the different sessions both onsite in the Marriott Hotel Ghent in Belgium and online. The conference’s participants came from different countries such as Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece ..read more

Partnering for digital health solutions and data use that offer real value for care and research WHEN: 28 November – 1 December 2023 The Digital Health and Data Week is a three-day event, the result of the collaboration between EHTEL, I~HD, and the UNICOM project consortium. They are partnering to work on digital health solutions and data that result in the provision of real value for care and research.  All three days of the week include complementary topics, and their content builds on each other. Today, it has never been so important f ..read more

by Christophe Maes With the increasing use of digital health records and the rise of healthcare data sharing, a well-managed hospital data management plan is becoming increasingly crucial for the secondary use of health data. Some general benefits of secondary use of health data are: secondary use of health data can provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of treatments, medicines, and other healthcare practices. By analyzing large amounts of data, doctors and researchers can identify trends and correlations that can help them make better decisions about how to treat patients. This ca ..read more

“Putting Real World Evidence in Practice: A European Outlook on Real World Evidence in a Global Context” WHEN: 16 March 2023 WHERE: Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands The GetReal Institute is pleased to announce its inaugural Annual Conference taking place on the 16th of March 2023 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The conference will discuss RWE developments in a global context, reflecting upon progress in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The aim of the conference, and the GetReal Institute, is to inform the RWE community of recent developments and the future direction o ..read more

WHEN: February-March 2023 Health Information Engineering  This three-day expert-led live workshop allows you to discover and use the latest HIE tools. If you are interested in gaining hands-on training in health information engineering then reserve your space now and gain invaluable experience managing data and get to grips with relevant software engineering techniques!  A pre-course webinar will take place on 6 February before the three workshop sessions on 27 and 28 February and 8 March. The workshop will be led by Dr Alan Davies and Dr Iliada Eleftheriou from the University of Man ..read more