We often talk about #misinformation as if the fix is just giving people better facts. In #public health, it's rarely that simple. Join us on Thursday for this event on #Infodemic management, at the occasion of the European Public Health Week! #EUPHW 👉 Info &registration: eupha.org/euphw_events...

Discover QUANTUM in video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH77...

📢 We will be glad to chair a panel at the HELT Symposium (Health, Ethics, Law & Technology), 23 April in Brussels, on responsible AI for health data permits in the European Health Data Space #EHDS. With @sciensano.be experts moderating and contributing to the discussion. 👉 events.vub.be/HELT-2026

🇪🇺 The European Commission has opened a public consultation on health dataset descriptions, a key step for the European Health Data Space #EHDS. It aims to set a common metadata framework to improve findability and reuse how #healthdata across borders. 👉 Have your say! ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

📢 We are glad to invite you to the final event of the @quantumproject.bsky.social project, where @sciensano.be plays an important role. 💡 Discover how this EU project improves #healthdata quality for research, policy and innovation in Europe. 👉 Register now! quantumproject.eu/event/final_...

📑 Our colleague Pascal Derycke presented a poster at #SWAT4HCLS2026 in Amsterdam. 💡 A blueprint to enhance European Health Data Space dataset catalogues with #genAI: using synthetic proxy data to make sensitive #healthdata easier to discover, explore, and experiment with. #EHDS ⤵️

🇪🇺 Last week, we held a @tehdas.eu workshop, bringing together 270 participants to discuss how to 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 #𝗘𝗛𝗗𝗦. 💡Insights will feed into recommendations and the upcoming public consultation. Stay tuned!

Our colleague Claudio spoke at a webinar by the European Burden of Disease Network, highlighting why the quality and utility of #healthdata must be assessed. He presented the @quantumproject.bsky.social data quality and utility labelling tool. 🔗 www.burden-eu.net/activities/w...

📬 SHAIPED newsletter #3 is out! Discover how our team contributes to advancing #AI as a medical device, supporting secure, efficient and regulation-compliant data pathways within the European Health Data Space #EHDS. 👉 mcusercontent.com/aca6400104f6...

📣 PUBLIC CONSULTATION — Have your say on the secondary use of health data and the European Health Data Space #EHDS. 📑 @tehdas.eu seeks feedback on 11 draft guidelines covering fees, penalties, data access, data protection and citizens’ rights. More info 👉 tehdas.eu/public-consu...

🧐 In the context of the BePIN (Belgian Pandemic Intelligence Network) project, we have examined how scientific evidence informed decision making during the #COVID19 crisis in Belgium and beyond. 📑 This was presented in a great poster by our colleague Miriam Saso at #EPH2025. ⬇️

Great start to the European Public Health Conference in Helsinki 🇫🇮 with a preconference session on the #EHDS, co-organised with @sciensano.be, the Belgian Health Data Agency, Belgian Federal Public Service, Austrian Public Health Institute, Luxembourg National Data Service and @tehdas.eu. #EPH2025

Discover our latest findings from Iceland 🇮🇸 on digital systems for health threat detection and response, supporting interoperability with the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA). 👉 zenodo.org/records/1752...

🙂 Meet our team today and tomorrow at the #SNOMEDCTExpo 2025, in Antwerp! We are at the European Projects Pavilion, representing the Joint Action @tehdas.eu. The @quantumproject.bsky.social is there — a project we’re proud to contribute to as well! 🔗 www.snomed.org/snomedct-expo

🇪🇺 The European Health Data Space (#EHDS) is taking shape. 🗣️ Have your say! Under the lead of @sciensano.be, the @tehdas.eu joint action has opened a public consultation (30 Sept–30 Nov 2025) on 11 draft guidelines and technical specifications. ➡️ tehdas.eu/public-consu...

👉 Guideline on dataset description duties in the European Health Data Space #EHDS published! 🔗 tehdas.eu/wp-content/u... We developed it for @tehdas.eu, offering support for #healthdata holders who will need to describe and make datasets available for secondary use under the #EHDS Regulation.

📢 🇧🇪 Invitation to Belgian stakeholders! 🇪🇺 The European Health Data Space is taking shape. Join us on 16 Oct (15:30–17:30) for a briefing: Practical guidance for the #EHDS consultation. Discover @tehdas.eu draft guidelines & prepare your input. 👉 Register here! sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...

🇪🇺 Big step for the European Health Data Space #EHDS! HealthDCAT-AP, the metadata standard developed by our @sciensano.be unit & partners, has been transferred to the European Commission @ec.europa.eu to ensure its long-term maintenance. 👉 healthdataeu.pages.code.europa.eu/healthdcat-a...

📨 The first newsletter of the project SHAIPED is out! Your gateway to updates from one of Europe’s flagship initiatives at the intersection of #healthdata governance, #AI regulation, and medical innovation! 👉 mailchi.mp/73c46986de93...

🧩 Last week at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, BE-PIN partners met to connect researchers, policymakers, experts in pandemic preparedness, to rethink how we deal with future health crises. @sciensano.be backs co-creation & data-driven action for stronger future responses. 👉 www.pandemicintelligence.be

Earlier this month, we were glad to join the PREPARE-EU Spring School, hosted by KULeuven, to connect on #pandemicpreparedness and research. Our colleagues Miriam Saso & Shona Cosgrove presented their poster on building resilient intelligence networks in 🇪🇺, based on our work in the BE-PIN project.

📣 Don't miss this interesting upcoming webinar organised by the #xShare project in which @sciensano.be is involved. The event will shed light on the importance to work on a better alignment between #healthdata models and standards used in clinical care and #publichealth. 👉 ehtel.eu/events/11-ev...

Excited to be part of #SHAIPED, a 🇪🇺 project aiming to facilitate the access to #healthdata for #AI -based medical devices. @sciensano.be leads WP3 on tools & services needed under the European Health Data Space #EHDS. 🎥 Watch our colleague Pascal explain: youtu.be/aN1Vn7TwFgs More info 🔗 shaiped.eu

👋 Welcome to QUANTUM on BlueSky! We are enhancing health data quality across Europe with a Data Quality & Utility Label supporting the EHDS. Join us in building a trustworthy health data ecosystem. 🔗 quantumproject.eu #HealthData #DataQuality #EHDS

The recording of our last patients and citizen forum session is now online! We discussed on how a quality label can build trust and encourage data sharing, with real-life patient perspectives on the power of data in shaping care. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfDc...

Interesting event tomorrow! Organised by the xShare project, it will present how the European Health Data Space, the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) and the xShare Yellow Button can put citizens in control of their #healthdata. 👉 xshare-project.eu/adoption_kit... #EHDS

🗣️ Our colleague Claudio Proietti Mercuri will be speaking at the HELT talks, tomorrow, in the VUB campus. He will explore the evolving role of #dataquality in the secondary use of #healthdata, especially under the European Health Data Space (#EHDS) regulation. ℹ️ hall.research.vub.be/helt-talks-6

How did we contribute to develop a new metadata standard for #healthdata in Europe? ⏯️Discover the Health DCAT-AP standard with our colleague Pascal Derycke, Data Engineer at @sciensano.be, and Natalia Żylińska-Puta (@ec.europa.eu): youtu.be/y4RMGViB6wM?... #EHDS

In the end of last year, our colleague Pascal Derycke, together with the @ec.europa.eu presented the European Health Data Space and the new Health DCAT-AP metadata standard in a data.europa academy webinar which is now accessible online! #EHDS #healthdata 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDz...

What is the goal of the TEHDAS2 guideline for data holders on data description and who will it benefit? Hear from @nienkeschutte.bsky.social of @ihisunitsciensano.bsky.social This draft guideline is open for public consultation until this Friday, 28 Feb: tehdas.eu/public-consu... #HealthUnion

TEHDAS2 has worked on a draft guideline on data description to help health data holders comply with #EHDS metadata requirements. We spoke with @nienkeschutte.bsky.social of @ihisunitsciensano.bsky.social about the guideline, now open for public consultation: tehdas.eu/news/improvi...

At the occasion of the #EHTEL 25th anniversary event, our head of unit @nienkeschutte.bsky.social gave a presentation on: "Leveraging the EHDS: advancing public health and citizen impact." 📹 The recording is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQv...

Do you work with #healthdata? #TEHDAS2 joint action invites feedback on draft guidelines and technical specifications that support the implementation of the newly adopted European Health Data Space #EHDS regulation. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your say! tehdas.eu/news/public-...