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Secondary use

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Secondary use is the use of health data for purposes other than the care it was collected for: research, statistics, policy, product development, and under the EHDS the training of AI.

The EHDS creates health data access bodies that grant permits for it, with data delivered in a secure environment and usually pseudonymised.

Official source

Regulation (EU) 2025/327, Chapter IV (EUR-Lex)

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