Health data is information that is related to our health. For a long time this has been information in journals and laboratories. In our digtal age we are suddenly able to use several other sources; like genetics, heart rate monitors, pedometers, blood pressure monitors and many more.

According to experts our knowledge will increase so enormously for the next 50 years that all we know today will only make up 5% of it.

A lot of the information we will achieve could be defined as "health data". During the pandemic we experienced that mobile phones with GPS could be an important tool in the battle against COVID-19.

Therefore it's interesting to discuss what health data is. Health data comes in many shapes. How do we combine qualitative information that clinicians write into your journal with an innumerable number other sources? How do we combine quick data analyzes with responsible research? And how do we handle the data in a safe and legally correct way?

How do we keep our Nordic societal values in a fully digitized health world? And how do we create value for us as inhabitants, and can Norway become relevant in the digital health industry that is developing?

"It's you and me, Nard!" - Shahzad Rana, CTO at Microsoft Norway, in a podcast with EHiN.

You own your own health data, is a general opinion. But is that accurate? Is there such a thing as ownership of health data? The British expert Petra Wilson thinks that we must leave the question about ownership behind.

And who controls the access to health data?Is it the municipalities, the BigTech companies or a combination? How can we as private citizens control this on our own?

There is an important difference between ownership and access control of our data

There is an increasing need of using health data from our good, local health registers and from many other sources. It isn't alway easy. The big project around Helseanalyseplattformen has been put on hold because of regulatory challenges with the EU and Schrems II.

How are we in Norway suppose to keep control over health data, when we at the same time can be a part of the technological health revolution that we see coming? What are the possibilities in health data and AI, and how can we use them? And how can we cooperate in the Nordic countries to stand stronger?

Health Data Day is a new concept, but in familiar EHiN-style the day will consist of interesting professional talks and panel discussions about several of the most important topics within health data, both from the public and private sectors.