The Nordic Health Data Spaces (NHDS) project, funded by Interreg Aurora, will hold a workshop at Vitalis in Gothenburg May 20th. the workshop titled ‘Capacity Building for EHDS in the Nordics’ is an opportunity for all stakeholders, regardless of the level of European Health Data Space awareness, to get a utilitarian view of the upcoming regulation, and influence capacity building in the region. The workshop is run by Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw from the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research in Tromsø, and Prabhat Ram, Elina Salla, and Sharon Guardado Medina, all from the University of Oulu in Finland.
Details about the workshop:
The Interreg Aurora project Nordic Health Data Spaces (NHDS) have identified competencies and technical capacity requirements that can aid stakeholders from the Aurora region (North of the North) in adopting the European Health Data Space (EHDS). These competencies have been formulated as educational content aimed at learners from academia (e.g., B.Sc. / M.Sc. / Ph.D. students), public sector (e.g., public healthcare personnel) and private sector (e.g., healthcare industry R&D personnel). An EHDS competency framework has also been designed to determine re-skilling and up-skilling needs of a workforce.
The workshop will serve as an introduction to the competencies and technical capacity needed to prepare for EHDS , and more importantly, engage stakeholders as co-creators in enriching the project findings with their inputs. This will not only help us validate the project outcomes but also add credibility to them.
The key takeaways of the workshop are as follows:
- Competencies that would prove instrumental in smoother adoption of EHDS across the healthcare domain.
- A competency framework to assess and identify workforce competencies needed to prepare them for EHDS.
- Technical infrastructure capacity building needs to align with EHDS requirements.
If you are interested in participating, Vitalis conference tickets are available for purchase here which will allow you to register for the workshop on the EHDS. Many other workshops, events, and seminars also become available with the ticket as well. Hope to see you there!
If you are interested to contribute in another format, please reach out to Prabhat (prabhat.ram@oulu.fi) or Kassaye (kassaye.yitbarek.yigzaw@ehealthresearch.no)
The NHDS project team.
Front Row, Left to Right: Line Linstad (NSE), Casandra Grundstrom (NTNU), Frida Sundet-Holm (NTNU), Elina Salla (University of Oulu), Corinna Uhr (University of Oulu), Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw (NSE), Prabhat Ram (University of Oulu), Anna Sachinopoulou (University of Oulu), Minna Isomursu (University of Oulu), Ulrika Westergren (University of Umeå)
Back Row, Left to Right: Anders Tunold-Hanssen (Guest speaker and project collaborator), Lars Öbrand (University of Umeå)
Photo: Jarl-Stian Olsen, Nasjonalt senter for e-helseforskning
