Networks
Ready for the European Health Data Space
Secondary use opens on a defined timetable, through Health Data Access Bodies. This is the timetable, the permit route, and where Hilbi data sits next to DARWIN EU and EHDEN.
- Timetable stated
- Permit route stated
- On the timetable, not after it

DARWIN EU and EHDEN
applying as a data partner
EHDS
Chapter IV permit route
The timetable you plan against
Regulation (EU) 2025/327, per obligation.
- 26 March 2025
- Entry into force. Preparatory periods begin.
- 26 March 2027
- Member States designate authorities; the Commission sets requirements for healthcare ICT systems.
- 26 March 2029
- Primary use: patient access and interoperability on essential patient data, e-prescriptions and dispensations. Secondary use: Chapter IV (data permits, the national catalogue, opt-out).
- 26 March 2031
- Primary use extends to imaging, test results and discharge reports; Chapter III applies to systems already deployed. Secondary use extends to genetic, trial and cohort data.
- 26 March 2035
- Third countries with adequate standards may join HealthData@EU.
- Where Hilbi data sits
- Captured as FHIR R4 and mapped to OMOP CDM, the common data model DARWIN EU and EHDEN work on. Hilbi is applying as a data partner in both.
Questions about permits and networks
What does a permit cover?
Is Hilbi part of DARWIN EU or EHDEN?
What should a sponsor do now?
Monthly briefing
The signal, once a month.
What changed in European health data, what we shipped, and what it means for a provider. Nothing else.