Ania Adamiak

Ania works on OpenEHDS strategy, regulatory framing, and public-facing communication around trustworthy EHDS implementation.

Europe's Health Data Future Depends on Trust, Not Just Technology

Technology alone will not determine the success of EHDS. The European Health Data Space can only function at scale if citizens, healthcare providers, regulators, researchers, and public institutions trust the infrastructure responsible for processing health data.

From Regulation to Implementation: What OpenEHDS Is Actually Building

As EHDS moves from regulation into implementation, a major gap becomes visible: Europe has governance requirements, but still lacks shared operational infrastructure.

Opt-Out in EHDS: The Most Sensitive Operational Challenge

The right to opt out from secondary use is one of the most politically sensitive and operationally complex elements of EHDS.

EHDS Is Not a Data Lake: Understanding the Real Architecture of the European Health Data Space

The European Health Data Space (EHDS), established under Regulation (EU) 2025/327, is frequently misunderstood as a large-scale European health data sharing platform. In reality, the regulation introduces something fundamentally different: a regulated governance and infrastructure framework for controlled access, interoperability, and secure processing of health data across Europe.

Why EHDS Needs Open Infrastructure

EHDS introduces shared obligations across Europe, but it does not provide a shared implementation layer.

Secondary Use Under EHDS: Why Access to Health Data Will Never Be Open

Secondary use is one of the most ambitious and strategically important parts of EHDS. It enables the use of health data for scientific research, innovation, public health, statistics, healthcare planning, AI development, and policy making.