Individualized Medicine, Electronic Patient File and Further Use of Health Data

Abstract

Individualized Medicine, Electronic Patient File and Further Use of Health Data Abstract. The present article is dedicated to the two subject areas 'individualized medicine' and 'electronic patient file'. Both individualised medicine and the electronic patient file generate numerous different health data. The article focuses on the value of health data for human research and discusses the further use of the data according to the Human Research Act. At present, the Human Research Act does not provide for the possibility of making data from the electronic patient file accessible for research. However, efforts are being made to change this legal situation so that data from the patient file can be incorporated into human research for the benefit of (future) patients.