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

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.

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