The purpose of the European Health Data Space nationally and cross-border in the EU is to:
- increase citizens' digital access to and control over their own health data
- support the free movement of citizens in the EU
- promote an EU market for electronic patient record systems, medical devices and high-risk systems with artificial intelligence (primary data use)
- create a coherent, secure and efficient structure for the use of health data for research, innovation, policy-making and legislation (secondary data use)