Medical Data Spaces in Healthcare Data Ecosystems

Exchange of sensitive medical data between healthcare providers and researchers requires a particularly high level of trust and security. Involving patients and citizen into this process increases transparency and may improve the outcome of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic measures. We propose to build the structure of a healthcare ecosystem on the basis of “apps” that not only hold (and exchange) health data but support user interaction and healthcare process management. Emphasis on process support may also be used to improve data quality, which is an important prerequisite for evidence-based medicine and the training and usage of future AI tools.