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Register now for the Health-RI conference 'Turning Data into Action'
Register now for the Health-RI Conference: Turning Data into ActionOn Thursday, 29 October 2026, the 11th edition of the annual Health-RI Conference will take place at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht.This year, the conference revolves around one central question: -
FAIR Metroline – New and Upcoming Steps
Making health data FAIR — Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable — is an important step toward a connected and trustworthy data landscape for research and healthcare. However, applying the FAIR principles in practice can be challenging. The FAIR Metroline helps guide you through this process. -
New round of Health-RI FAIR Data Stewards Basics course
New to data stewardship in the health domain or time for a refresher? Health-RI organises an in person introductory course to FAIR data stewardship -
Connecting principles for Consortia
Health-RI has developed “Connection Principles” to help new parties connect to the Dutch national health data infrastructure. These principles provide guidance on how consortia and initiatives can align with the Health-RI infrastructure, in coordination with regional Health-RI nodes. This initiative was taken in response to the recent NWO-call for Research Infrastructures National Consortia. -
Health-RI at the Europe Biobank Week 2026
From 19–22 May 2026, the Europe Biobank Week will take place at the Prague Congress Centre. This leading international congress brings together researchers, biobank professionals, policymakers, and industry partners to exchange knowledge and best practices in biobanking, data infrastructure, and the future of health data in Europe. -
Biobank Day 2026
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, the time had finally come again: the Biobank Day, organized by BBMRI.nl in collaboration with Health-RI. This year, we gathered with approximately 150 participants at the Princess Máxima Center in Utrecht. -
The NWO funded TDCC-LSH Project Call 2026 is now open!
Are you working on or thinking about a project idea that could strengthen data infrastructure, improve FAIR data practices, implement AI, or address shared challenges in Life Science & Health research in the Netherlands? This is your opportunity to turn that idea into a funded project. -
FAIR Metroline – new and upcoming steps
Making health data FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable – is an important step towards building a connected and trustworthy data landscape for research and healthcare. Yet, putting the FAIR principles into practice can be challenging. The FAIR Metroline helps you navigate this process. -
ELIXIR BioHackathon 2025
The ELIXIR BioHackathon brings together experts from across Europe to develop practical solutions for data driven life sciences. -
Dutch National Cancer Data Node (NCDN-NL) convenes national oncology data leaders to accelerate EHDS-ready cancer data infrastructure
The Dutch National Cancer Data Node (NCDN-NL) brought together more than 40 experts from across the oncology, data, policy and innovation ecosystem for a full-day meeting dedicated to shaping the future of cancer data infrastructure in the Netherlands. -
Eight National Growth Fund initiatives join forces to strengthen the Dutch Life Sciences & Health ecosystem
Eight initiatives funded through the Dutch National Growth Fund are joining forces to accelerate Life Sciences & Health innovation and sustainable economic growth, with a focus on societal impact in The Netherlands. -
Work Conference on the EHDS and Businesses
What will change for companies with the arrival of the European Health Data Space (EHDS)? -
Launch of the new FAIR Metrolijn website
To build an integrated health data infrastructure, it is essential that research and healthcare data are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). But how do you ensure your data meets these principles? -
Health-RI launches version 2 of the Health-RI metadata schema
An important step towards better findability and accessibility of Dutch health data -
BioSB 2025 – A colourful edition of the annual conference on Bioinformatics and System Biology
For the 11th time, the annual BioSB Conference was held, this time in a new setting, and convening over 300 participants for two days to discuss progress in the field. -
Building National Cancer Data Nodes: the New EU Project CANDLE Starts its Work
During their lifetime, approximately half of all people in the Netherlands are diagnosed with cancer (according to IKNL). This makes researching new methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer of the utmost importance to increase healthcare for millions of patients. -
FAIR Metroline news - Pages published and available for review
The FAIR Metroline provides practical steps to help you as a researcher to achieve your FAIR goals and make your research data FAIR. The Metroline Writing Group, comprising -
Health-RI en Prinses Máxima Center for pediatric oncology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
Health-RI and the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with which they take an important step towards the development of a learning healthcare system in (pediatric) oncology. -
Fellowship of the Data 2025 – Growing together as an international RDM community
In early April, the second edition of Fellowship of the Data took place in Jena, Germany. This community-driven conference, initiated by data stewards and RDM trainers, has grown into an inspiring platform for anyone involved in Research Data Management (RDM). -
Biobank Day 2025
The second edition of the National Biobank Day organized by Health-RI took place at the Experience Center in Nijmegen on March 27, 2025, bringing together 150 participants from across the Netherlands. -
Register now for Health-RI FAIR Data Stewardship Basics course in June
Did you recently start a job as a data steward at one of the Health-RI nodes or their regional partners? Or have you been performing data stewardship tasks in the medical field for some time already but need a refresher on the FAIR principles and how to apply them in practice? Curious to learn from demonstrator projects and to take a look behind the Health-RI scenes? -
Q&A Session March 31st - new funding call for TDCC LSH Challenge Projects
Health-RI coordinates the Thematic Digital Competence Center Life Sciences & Health (TDCC-LSH), which is an NWO-funded program aimed at strengthening and harmonizing digital research practices across life sciences, biomedical sciences, and health sciences domain in the Netherlands. -
Advancing FAIR Data in Toxicology: ELIXIR-NL Contributes to Key Workshops
Egon Willighagen (University of Maastricht) and Rob Stierum (TNO) are the co-leads of the INTOXICOM (Integrating the Toxicology Community into ELIXIR) project. -
FAIR Metroline News: Latest Developments
The FAIR Metroline provides practical steps to help you achieve your FAIR goals and make your data FAIR. The Metroline Writing group—a team of experts from Health-RI and the regional nodes—works collaboratively to develop high-quality pages. -
Exciting Progress at the EOSC-ENTRUST Blueprint Validation Workshop!
On January 21 and 22, Health-RI hosted the EOSC-ENTRUST Blueprint Validation Workshop, bringing together 31 in-person and 15 online participants from 12 European countries. -
Report 2022-2024: TDCC-LSH: Strengthening the Dutch data driven health & life sciences field
Report 2022-2024: TDCC-LSH: Strengthening the Dutch data driven health & life sciences field -
From Beginner to Data Steward: Workshop Insights
Better health for citizens and patients through data reuse with an integrated health data infrastructure. This is certainly not just a technical challenge. In order to achieve this, there must above all be people, such as data stewards, who know how data can be made findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) safely and responsibly. -
First round of Essentials 4 Data Support 2025 open for registration
The Essentials 4 Data Support course offers an introduction on beginner level for data professionals and those who support researchers in storing, managing, archiving and sharing their research data. -
RDNL cursus voor data professionals die onderzoekers ondersteunen bij omgang met privacygevoelige data
RDNL course for data professionals supporting researchers in handling privacy-sensitive data This autumn, Research Data Netherlands (RDNL) organises a course for data professionals who support researchers in dealing with privacy-sensitive data. -
The FAIR Metroline – Steps for your FAIRification Workflow
Health-RI's mission is to create an integrated health data infrastructure to ensure better health for citizens and patients. This requires data to be FAIR (Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable). But where do you start when making data FAIR? Which steps are involved in making data FAIR? What do these steps mean and, more importantly, how do you practically do these steps? -
"Trusting Forward" 9th Health-RI Conference Jaarbeurs Utrecht
On October 10, 2024, the ninth edition of the Health-RI conference will take place, again in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht. -
Reminder: Consultation Health-RI Wiki version 3.0
Health-RI is once again providing the opportunity to actively engage in thinking, reading, and writing for the realization of the national health data infrastructure for research, policy, and innovation! -
Launch of EOSC-ENTRUST - driving European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis
The EU-funded EOSC-ENTRUST project launches today, 1 March 2024, with the aim of enhancing European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis. Led by ELIXIR and the EUDAT Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI), the project brings together partners from 15 European countries and will run for three years, with an EU contribution of €4.2M. -
Launch of ELIXIR-STEERS - enhancing research software management in life science
Health-RI, as host of ELIXIR Netherlands, is pleased to announce participation in ELIXIR-STEERS, a three-year EU funded project launched today with a total budget of €4M. -
Opiniestuk: De onbenutte waarde van gezondheidsgegevens
Over de rol van large language models (LLM’s) in de zorg en de samenwerking tussen Health-RI en Nictiz -
Together with their international colleagues ELIXIR Netherlands works towards shared solution at ELIXIR BioHackathon 2023
ELIXIR Europe is the European infrastructure for data-driven life sciences, bringing together 23 countries and over 250 research institutes. The Dutch Node, ELIXIR-NL is hosted by Health-RI and consists of many organizations in the Netherlands. -
Health-RI publishes Request for Information for health data request functionalities
On January 26th, Health-RI will start the process of the Request for Information for health data request functions. Suppliers are contacted by email to participate in the Request for Information (RFI). -
Teaming Up Across Domains
Join us to share, discuss, and exchange ideas during the Teaming Up Across Domains event: 'How can we make progress in OpenScience, FAIR data and software, through collaboration?' -
Health-RI is looking for vendors of health data request tools
Health-RI is working on the realisation of the national health data infrastructure for research, policy and innovation. The national healthdata catalogue and portal is the central hub where researchers can find, request and analyse health data. -
NWO launches TDCC project call
On 15 November 2023, NWO has launched the first TDCC project call. The call is meant to fund projects that contribute to the digitalisation ambitions of the ‘Thematic Digital Competence Centers’ and the communities they serve. The call is non-competitive and community driven. -
Biobank Day 2023
The first Biobank Day, held on November 9th at Amsterdam UMC, attracted more than 170 participants. The event provided a platform for experts and professionals to explore biomaterials, data handling, ethics, legal, and societal issues, and patient-centric biobanking. -
Result Health-RI Conferentie 2023 Connecting the Dots
On October 12, 2023, the Health-RI Conference "Connecting the Dots" took place at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Over 600 attendees discussed the realization of the national health data infrastructure in the Netherlands. For a summary of the day, including reports, photos, an aftermovie, presentations by Andrew Morris, and visual summaries, we invite you to click on the button below. -
Save the date open consultation Health-RI wiki 2.0 (Dutch/Nederlands)
Just like this past summer, you once again have the opportunity to actively contribute to the national health data infrastructure for research and innovation! -
Request to receive RFI Request Tool
With a request for information (#RFI), Health-RI wants to increase more insights into the market of Data Request Tool vendors and solutions. -
Digitale ontwikkelingen in de zorg: belangrijk Tweede Kamer debat met lage opkomst maar hoge mate van integraal denken
Vandaag vond in de Tweede Kamer het debat plaats over digitale ontwikkelingen in de zorg. -
What has a decade of RDNL brought us and what else is in store for the future? Looking back with the winners of the Dutch Data Prize
Research Data Netherlands (RDNL) is a national coalition of data service providers and expertise networks that focus on creating a findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) research data ecosystem, by organizing training and expertise building activities in the field of research data management, FA -
Opt-out of opt-in? Zo zwart wit is het niet!
Op woensdag 6 september kwamen bij Health-RI in Utrecht patiënt- en burgervertegenwoordigers bijeen met zorg- & kennisinstellingen, bedrijfsleven en overheid. -
Vergelijking van wet-en regelgeving in Europa voor hergebruik van gezondheidsdata voor onderzoek en innovatie
Met de toezegging in 2021 van EUR 69 miljoen aan Health-RI vanuit het Nationaal Groeifonds en het voorstel van de Europese Commissie in 2022 voor een verordening om te komen tot een European Health Data Space (EHDS) ontstond er momentum voor het realiseren van de ambitie van Health-RI: één nationale gezondheidsdatainfrastructuur voor onderzoek en innovatie. -
Interview Chantal Steegers: "Door het Nationaal Groeifonds kunnen we nu echt meters maken"
Een betere gezondheid voor burgers en patiënten door slimmer hergebruik van gezondheidsgegevens. Dat is wat Health-RI wil realiseren. Gegevens over leefstijl, gezondheid en ziekteverloop van miljoenen mensen zijn nu geregistreerd bij honderden organisaties. Denk aan huisartsen, ziekenhuizen en GGD's. -
Spotify voor Medische Data
Palga en Health-RI werken samen voor de inrichting van een platform voor het multidisciplinair overleg, met moleculaire en klinische data van patiënten die in een moleculaire tumorboard worden besproken. Het gaat enorme meerwaarde bieden voor de patiëntenzorg én voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek, stellen Aletta Debernardi (directeur Palga) en prof. dr. -
Health-RI organiseert de eerste nationale Biobanken & Collecties-dag! Een dag voor en door de biobank gemeenschap.
Reserveer de Datum: Nationale Biobanken & Collecties Dag georganiseerd door Health-RI. Met genoegen kondigt Health-RI de allereerste Nationale Biobanken & Collecties Dag aan, een belangrijk evenement dat is ontworpen voor en door de biobankgemeenschap. Markeer uw kalender voor het symposium, gepland op 9 november in de bruisende stad Amsterdam. -
Nationale initiatieven voor een gezondheidsdata-infrastructuur uit Duitsland, Zwitserland en Nederland ontmoeten elkaar in Berlijn, juni 2023
Experts van drie nationale initiatieven kwamen op 26 en 27 juni samen tijdens een workshop in Berlijn om te discussiëren over benaderingen, obstakels en kansen bij het opzetten van infrastructuren voor het gebruik van gezondheidsdata voor onderzoek. -
Two-day workshop: Health & Life Sciences research infrastructures
Two-Day Workshop On Tuesday, June 13th, and Wednesday, June 14th, data professionals congregated at the exquisite and historic Paushuize in Utrecht to tackle the challenge of bridging the gap between researchers and life science and health research infrastructures -
Europees project Genomic Data Infrastructuur lanceert Starter Kit waarmee genetische en fenotypische data gedeeld kan worden
Vanaf 26 juni 2023 is de eerste versie van de Starter Kit van het Europese project Genomic Data Infrastructuur (GDI) beschikbaar voor alle geïnteresseerden. Deze Starter Kit bevat meer dan 2.500 synthetische genomische en fenotypische data (kanker, zeldzame ziekten, populatiegenetica) en bestaat uit een set software componenten die gefedereerde data access mogelijk maken. -
Health-RI en Cumuluz staan naast elkaar op het congres architectuur in de zorg
Donderdag 22 juni jl. presenteerde Health-RI en Cumuluz zich gezamenlijk op het congres “Architectuur in de zorg”, met de boodschap dat zorg en onderzoek & innovatie gezamenlijk dienen op te trekken in de gezondheidsdata infrastructuur voor meervoudig gebruik. -
The COREON Code of Conduct for Health Research is available in translation
The Code of Conduct was originally published in Dutch in 2022 and is now available in English translation. -
Artikel Samen magazine: Het belang van een nationale gezondheidsdata infrastructuur
Health-RI, met Janneke J. Timmerman en Joep Rijnierse als betrokken experts, bouwt aan een nationale gezondheidsdata-infrastructuur. Het doel? -
Terugblik webinar V1.0 - Save the date: open consultatie architectuur V2.0
Graag wil het architectuur team van Health-RI terugblikken op de succesvolle lancering van ons gezamenlijke "Architectuur Versie 1.0" webinar, georganiseerd op 12 mei en 6 juni. Dit evenement bood een uitstekende gelegenheid om ons ontwikkelde architectuurmodel te presenteren en waardevolle inzichten feedback op te halen. -
Reminder: webinar architecture 1.0 (English)
The event will take place tomorrow 9th from 9:30 - 12:00 and offers a great opportunity to delve into the latest developments within Health-RI and gain valuable insights from expert speakers. -
Ministers Adriaansens en Kuipers naar VS voor missie biomedische innovatie
Ministers Micky Adriaansens (Economische Zaken en Klimaat) en Ernst Kuipers (Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) leiden van zondag 4 tot en met vrijdag 9 juni een handelsmissie in Boston. De economische missie staat in het teken van verdere internationale samenwerking op het gebied van Life Sciences & Health. -
Data Driven Healthcare congress
Op 24 mei vond het Data Driven Healthcare Congres plaats, een goed bezocht evenement waarbij de nieuwste ontwikkelingen en innovaties op het gebied van datagedreven gezondheidszorg werden besproken. -
Blog: Híer zou het om moeten gaan in de discussie over zeggenschap
Blog van Chantal Steegers Heb jij je weleens afgevraagd of de gegevens die de huisarts, GGD of het ziekenhuis over jou en je lichaam registreert ook anderen kunnen helpen? -
Succesvolle webinar vrijdag 12 mei over architectuurontwerp 1.0 van Health-RI!
12 mei hadden we een succesvolle webinar, waar maar liefst 141 deelnemers aanwezig waren. -
Van ChatGTP tot virtueel ziekenhuis: Health-RI aanwezig bij HIMSS 2023
Door Pim Volkert (Health-RI & TU/e) -
BBMRI.nl: ‘The art of sharing’
More than a decade of BBMRI.nl has laid a crucial foundation for a national infrastructure for scientific health research in the Netherlands. Several key players reflect on their role and the future of the assets that have emerged from the project. -
Health-RI organises a FAIR Data Stewardship Basics course
Did you recently start a job as a data steward at one of the Health-RI nodes or their regional partners? Or have you been performing data stewardship tasks in the medical field for some time already but need a refresher on the FAIR principles and how to apply them in practice? Join this introductory course to FAIR data stewardship in the health domain! -
Waarom is er geen Spotify voor datagedreven gezondheidszorg?
De data-infrastructuur in de gezondheidszorg is beperkt. Het limiteert onderzoek en innovatie, en dus werkt het een betere en snellere gezondheid en zorg voor burgers en patiënten tegen, aldus Gerrit Meijer (CSO Health-RI). Je hebt namelijk veel data van goede kwaliteit nodig om onderzoek te doen en daarmee praktijkveranderend bewijs te leveren. -
Denk mee over de nationale gezondheidsdata infrastructuur voor onderzoek en innovatie!
Health-RI werkt samen met de ministeries van VWS, EZK, OCW en vele veldpartijen aan de realisatie van een nationale gezondheidsdata infrastructuur voor onderzoek en innovatie. 12 mei a.s. willen we met alle stakeholders, de architectuur/ovt v1.0 bespreken. -
Health-RI is aanwezig op het Data Driven Healthcare event in de Jaarbeurs Utrecht op 24 mei
Health-RI is aanwezig op het Data Driven Healthcare event in de Jaarbeurs Utrecht op 24 mei a.s. CSO Gerrit Meijer zal hierbij vanuit Health-RI als spreker te zien zijn. Om 11:45 uur gaat Gerrit Meijer met andere bestuurders in gesprek. -
CEO Leone Flikweert and Technical Lead Niels Bolding are attending HIMSS Chicago as part of the Dutch Delegation team
Health-RI CEO Leone Flikweert and Technical Lead Niels Bolding are attending HIMSS Chicago as part of the Dutch Delegation team coming week! -
Health-RI ondertekent convenant Open Science
Op 29 maart maart ondertekenden verschillende partijen, waaronder Health-RI, een convenant waarin zij afspreken ook op landelijk niveau gaan samenwerken om de transitie naar open science te versnellen. -
Het belang van harmoniseren van biobank procedures
Lichaamsmaterialen, waaronder bloed of weefsel, wordt samen met medische gegevens uit het zorgdossier opgeslagen in een biobank. Wanneer artsen of onderzoekers materialen uit een biobank nodig hebben, lopen zij tegen verschillende procedures die gelden voor bijvoorbeeld afname of uitgifte. Health-RI heeft als missie om deze biobank procedures te harmoniseren. -
On March 29th 2023, EOSC4Cancer held a cBioPortal Workshop as part of their WP4 activities, with two training sessions held for both cBioPortal users and data loaders.
Over 50 participants attended the virtual workshop, stemming from various cancer research initiatives, including EOSC4Cancer, CAN.HEAL, UNCAN, and others. cBioPortal is an open-source web platform used for the interactive exploration of multidimensional cancer genomics data sets. -
Health-RI wants to increase more insights into the market of Data Catalogue vendors and solutions
Health-RI is a Dutch non-profit foundation that services a growing network of organisations in realizing a national health data infrastructure for research and innovation. -
Obstakel Verwijder Traject: concrete plannen van aanpak gereed. Werk je mee aan het realiseren van de plannen?
Het Obstakel Verwijder Traject biedt nationale oplossingen om (her)gebruik van gezondheidsdata voor zorgevaluatie, kwaliteit, beleid, onderzoek en innovatie te bevorderen. Op 17 maart kwamen meer dan 75 deelnemers aan het Obstakel Verwijder traject wederom bijeen. Dit keer om de plannen van aanpak voor de komende jaren te bespreken. -
World Duchenne Organization Collaborate with Health-RI to Optimize their Respective FAIR Training Efforts
Health-RI is happy to collaborate with the World Duchenne Organization to optimize their Respective FAIR training efforts. -
Uitstel gevraagd van behandeling Wet zeggenschap lichaamsmateriaal in de Tweede Kamer
Minister Kuipers van VWS heeft de Tweede Kamer gevraagd om het plenaire debat voor de Wet zeggenschap lichaamsmateriaal uit te stellen in verband met een voorgenomen tweede nota van wijziging. -
Health-RI ontvangt definitieve vervolgfinanciering van het Nationaal Groeifonds
Health-RI, de nationale gezondheidsdata infrastructuur voor onderzoek en innovatie, kan het heuglijke nieuws delen dat de volledige financiering van in totaal 69 miljoen euro definitief is toegekend. -
Radiology leads flagship of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan – Kick-off for federated European infrastructure for cancer images
The EUCAIM consortium and the European Commission are excited to announce the official launch of the European Federation for Cancer Images (EUCAIM), a ground-breaking federated infrastructure deployment project aiming to power up imaging and AI towards precision medicine for Europe’s cancer patients and citizens. -
Save the date: Health-RI conference on October 12, 2023
Did you visit the 'Setting data in motion' conference on October 6, 2022? Health-RI is planning the 8th conference on October 12, 2023 in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht again! More information will follow soon. -
Wiro Niessen neemt afscheid als CTO van Health-RI: ‘De eerste grote stap is gezet’
Wiro Niessen neemt deze week afscheid als Chief Technology Officer (CTO) bij Health-RI. Hij start vanaf 1 februari als decaan van de Faculteit der Medische Wetenschappen van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en lid van de Raad van Bestuur van het UMCG. -
DTL & Health-RI moving forward together in one organization – enabling data driven health & life sciences
The new year starts with a pivotal moment for DTL, as DTL is now merging with Health-RI into one strong organization for data-driven health & life sciences. During the recent DTL partner meeting on 23 November 2022, the strategic partnership of DTL and Health-RI was already formally launched, with DTL’s partners present. -
Looking back at 2022 within the Health-RI FAIR Data Implementation team
In the Health-RI FAIR Data Implementation team, we focus on setting up processes, systems, tools and manpower that promote FAIR data, to be deployed and used in research and health -
Health-RI demonstrator projects and data champions: the FAIR principles put into practice
An important part of realising any kind of data sharing initiative is making the data FAIR (Findable Accessible Interoperable and Reusable, see also our FAIR data implementation page). -
De gezondheid van morgen, begint vandaag
Constantijn: "Health-RI is hét nationale platform voor het kunnen ontsluiten en delen van gezondheidsdata”. Wij kijken terug op een zeer geslaagd werkbezoek van Constantijn van Oranje en Ben Feringa, twee leden van de commissie van het Nationaal Groeifonds (NGF), aan één van de NGF-initiatieven uit de eerste ronde, Health-RI. -
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Integrale wetgeving nodig voor medisch wetenschappelijk onderzoek
Voor het verzamelen, bewaren en gebruiken van lichaamsmateriaal, beeldmateriaal en medische gegevens is integrale sectorale wet- en regelgeving nodig. Daarnaast moet er een nationaal zeggenschapsregister komen. Dit voorkomt versnippering en administratieve lastendruk. -
Obstakel Verwijder Traject Health-RI: van obstakels naar concrete oplossingen voor de komende jaren
Beschikbare gegevens over gezondheid en ziekte - kort gezegd: gezondheidsdata - worden momenteel niet optimaal (her)gebruikt ten gunste van burgers en professionals. Als dit wel het geval is, zou dit o.a. -
Health-RI major partner in European Commission’s Genomic Data Infrastructure project
Today, the European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project kicks-off in Brussels, Belgium. -
Health-RI's newsletter and video conference 2022
Health-RI's newsletter was recently sent out. Did you read the newsletter yet? The newsletter includes a piece from the board, an article from Gerrit Meijer, all event reports, an interview (video) with speakers from the conference, introducing new colleagues, event calendar, and career opportunities within Health-RI. -
The Netherlands is good at collecting data but not at (re)using it
The Netherlands is good at collecting data, but the reuse of health data is still too difficult. That was one of the take aways at the parallel session Improving conditions for a healthy life with health data – from regional initiatives to a national learning curve during the 2022 Health-RI conference. -
Building blocks of a health data infrastructure: together with and for data users and data holders
What are the building blocks needed to build an integrated health data research infrastructure, accessible for researchers, citizens, and care providers? What solutions already exist in healthcare and in research, and which building blocks need priority? -
Trust and transparency are essential for sharing health data
A learning healthcare system, including the necessary health data infrastructure, cannot be built without the trust, support, and involvement of citizens. Especially patients. -
International data and sample sharing. What can we learn from these international data-sharing projects?
During the Health RI 2022 conference, one of the afternoon session had as its topic “international data and sample sharing - in the Netherlands, Europe, and beyond". The session was moderated by Egge van der Poel, data scientist and advocate of large-scale data sharing. -
From setting data in motion to setting people in motion
On October 6, 2022, the Utrecht Trade Fair (Jaarbeurs) was the stage for the seventh Health-RI conference. The central theme of this meeting was ‘setting data in motion’. -
Van data in beweging zetten tot mensen in beweging zetten
Op 6 oktober 2022 vond in de Jaarbeurs te Utrecht de 7e Health-RI conferentie plaats. -
Succesvolle Health-RI conferentie benadrukt urgentie van samenwerken aan een nationale gezondheidsdata-infrastructuur
Op 6 oktober jl. vond in de Jaarbeurs het jaarlijkse Health-RI conferentie plaats. Met het thema Setting Data in Motion werd duidelijk dat – na de toekenning van de Groeifonds aanvraag in 2021 – Health-RI het afgelopen jaar niet stil heeft gezeten. -
Leone Flikweert: ‘Zorgdata delen is een publieke waarde’
Data-uitwisseling is de sleutel tot hoogwaardig medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek, innovatie en optimale zorg. Met dit doel voor ogen werkt stichting Health-RI aan een geïntegreerde zorgdata-infrastructuur. Dankzij een miljoeneninjectie van de overheid heeft Health-RI de nodige financiële armslag. -
Wiro Niessen (CTO Health-RI): “Een landelijke data-infrastructuur als publieke voorziening bevordert onze gezondheid en helpt de concurrentie op data verminderen”
Wiro Niessen is hoogleraar Biomedische Beeldanalyse aan het Erasmus MC en TU Delft, ondernemer en Chief Technical Officer bij Health-RI. Zijn werk als CTO bij Health-RI kwam voort uit een persoonlijke drijfveer én een noodzaak die hij in zijn werk terugziet. -
“Data enables doctors to learn from previous patients how to improve care for future patients”
On 6 October, Health-RI’s annual conference takes place, this year with the central theme of Setting data in motion. Egge van der Poel is moderator of the session International data and sample sharing - in the Netherlands, Europe, and beyond. -
“We gaan van intentie naar urgentie: er moet nu iets veranderen”
Op 6 oktober vindt het jaarlijkse congres van Health-RI plaats. Een van de keynotes is Sylvia Veereschild, voormalig borstkanker patiënt en al jaren werkzaam in de zorg-IT. -
Tijd voor een grondige discussie hoe zeggenschap over het (her)gebruik van gezondheidsgegevens in Nederland te organiseren
Op 14 september as. -
Involve citizens and patients in health data exchange and data infrastructures - Data from citizens and patients is the fuel for innovation
On 6th October, the annual Health-RI congress will take place. With this year’s theme of Setting data in motion, one of the sessions will focus on Unfolding a learning healthcare system: How to inform, involve, and interact with citizens? -
Thematic DCCs will strengthen digital competences in three science domains
The formation of three science-wide Digital Competence Centres has started. As a first step, the Governing Board of NWO has agreed to allocate a total of 4.5 million euros for the appointment of network coordinators. They will strengthen data intensive research together with experts and infrastructures within their research domain. -
Inspiring keynote talk at the Health-RI conference from Vibeke van der Sprong
During the Health-RI conference, Vibeke van der Sprong (Deputy Director General of the Danish Health Data Authority) will give an inspiring keynote speech on what we can learn from Denmark in the field of health data infrastructure. -
Plenary program morning
During the plenary program in the morning, we will hear several inspirational speakers who will talk and discuss about the need for – and the steps towards – a sustainable health data infrastructure. -
Description available for the parallel sessions - Conference Health-RI 2022
In the text below you will find a description for each parallel session which takes place in the afternoon at the Health-RI conference. Full program and registration available here. -
Health-RI 2022: Setting Data in Motion- registration open!
Join us at our live meeting at Jaarbeurs Media Plaza in Utrecht on Thursday, October 6th 2022. -
‘We willen onderzoekers een soort Spotify voor gezondheidsdata bieden’
De hoeveelheid data in de zorg groeit exponentieel, maar voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek en innovatie zijn die gegevens moeilijk te traceren. De informatie wordt namelijk niet eenduidig en toegankelijk vastgelegd. Aan die versnippering wil Health-RI een einde maken, zodat zorgdata wel makkelijk te vinden zijn en opnieuw te gebruiken. -
Gedragscode Gezondheidsonderzoek van COREON herzien
Met de herziene Gedragscode zet het veld van gezondheidsonderzoek een belangrijke stap op weg naar een betere, verantwoorde omgang met lichaamsmateriaal en gezondheidsdata in gezondheidsonderzoek. De implementatie van de Code gaat nu van start. Health-RI en COREON werken hierin nauw samen. -
Toestemming voor ieder buisje bloed?
Een nieuw wetsvoorstel geeft patiënten binnenkort mogelijk steviger zeggenschap over lichaamsmateriaal dat in de zorg is afgenomen. Onder die nieuwe wetgeving is in de meeste gevallen actieve geïnformeerde toestemming nodig. Een goede ontwikkeling? -
FAIR Data Day | 29 November 2022 | showcasing RDNL’s Dutch Data Prize
Save the Date! | 29 November 2022 Mark your calendar to ensure your place at the first FAIR Data Day! This in-person event revolves around the central theme: Reusing data to advance science, showcasing inspirational examples and bringing together communities. -
BNC fiche: European Health Data Space
Afgelopen vrijdag 3 juni heeft Nederland haar BNC fiche op de European Health Data Space (EHDS) naar buiten gebracht. Het kabinet zet in dit BNC fiche haar positie tav de verordening uiteen. -
EZK, OCW, VWS en Health-RI slaan de handen ineen voor structureel beter hergebruik van gezondheidsdata
Verbetering van zorg, onderzoek en innovatie in Nederland staat of valt met de toegankelijkheid van gezondheidsdata. Voor het veilig kunnen delen en hergebruiken van deze data is een infrastructuur nodig. De coronacrisis heeft laten zien dat toegang tot data nodig is voor snelle innovaties in de gezondheidszorg. -
Wilt u meer weten over wetenschappelijk onderzoek met medische gegevens en lichaamsmateriaal?
Wilt u meer weten over wetenschappelijk onderzoek met medische gegevens en lichaamsmateriaal? Woon dan deze online informatieve bijeenkomst bij. -
"De use cases tonen aan wat nu al werkt, naast de grote lijn die we uitzetten"
Nederland beschikt over grote hoeveelheden gezondheidsdata. Wat er echter mist is één geïntegreerde data-infrastructuur om die data veilig op te slaan, te combineren, hergebruiken en toegankelijk te maken voor onderzoek en innovatie. Het publiek-private initiatief Health-RI is in het leven geroepen om die data-infrastructuur te ontwikkelen. -
SURF Research Week
SURF Research Week is the national conference that connects research, IT and innovation. The event will take place on 10, 11 and 12 May 2022. You can sign up for just 1 or 2 days, or for the full 3 days. It's free! -
Groeifonds investeert 325 miljoen euro in Oncode-PACT om ontwikkeling kankermedicijnen te versnellen
Utrecht, 14 april 2022 - Het Nationaal Groeifonds investeert in totaal 325 miljoen euro in het plan van Oncode-PACT om het preklinische ontwikkelproces van kankermedicijnen te versnellen. Dit is zojuist bekend gemaakt tijdens de persconferentie van Jeroen Dijsselbloem, voorzitter van de Commissie van het Nationaal Groeifonds. -
Resultaten VWS-programma Waardevolle AI voor gezondheid –Toolkaart en programmatoelichting
De ervaren waarde(creatie) voor zorgverleners, patiënten en burgers vergroten door het benutten van artificiële intelligentie (AI) in gezondheid en zorg, dat was het doel van het VWS-programma Waardevolle AI voor gezondheid. Het programma is opgezet om als vliegwiel zorgprofessionals, innovators en stakeholders te helpen bij AI succesvol en sneller te kunnen implementeren en opschalen. -
RDNL course GDPR 4 Data Support
Helping researchers work with personal data is an important, and often stressful, part of a data supporter’s job. The new RDNL course GDPR 4 Data Support introduces the main concepts of the GDPR and explains the steps that need to be taken to protect the privacy of research participants throughout the research lifecycle. -
Save the date: 7th Health-RI conference! 6 October 2022, Jaarbeurs Media Plaza, Utrecht
We are pleased to announce the 7th Health-RI conference that will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2022. After last year’s very successful conference, we are very happy to be able to invite you to join us in Jaarbeurs Media Plaza in Utrecht and meet in-person again. -
Start-up Personal Health Train programme
Together with health insurance CZ, the Dutch National Helth Care Institute (ZIN), the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL) and Maastro Clinic, Health-RI has organized the Personal Health Train (PHT) start-up programme. -
ABOARD Webinars
Alzheimer raakt ons allemaal. We weten nog veel te weinig over deze nare ziekte. Maar wetenschappelijk onderzoek brengt ons steeds verder. ABOARD, voluit A Personalized Medicine Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease, is een grootschalig onderzoeksproject dat werkt aan een toekomst met gepersonaliseerde diagnostiek, predictie en preventie van alzheimer. -
De uitdagingen van kunstmatige intelligentie in de zorg
‘Zorg is mensenwerk’; ‘Zorg is wat gebeurt in de relatie tussen de zorgprofessional en de patiënt of cliënt’; ‘Zorg laat zich niet vangen in nullen en enen. Ieder mens is anders.’ In discussies over de mogelijkheden voor toepassing van AI in de zorg klinken vaak snel verontrustende geluiden zoals de drie citaten hierboven. -
New round of Essentials for Data Support March – April 2022
Essentials 4 Data Support is THE introductory course for those who (want to) support researchers in managing, sharing, storing and archiving their research data. The course is an ideal start for Data Stewards and Data Managers, but also of interest to researchers and research supporters who want to deepen and broaden their Research Data Management knowledge. -
Health-RI’s iCRF Generator gets awarded Open Science Fund 2021!
In 2020 we released the iCRF Generator, a tool which facilitates reuse of data definitions to create interoperable case report forms for a variety of electronic data capture tools, thus making it easy for studies to collect data in an interoperable fashion. -
HEART4DATA: consortium to develop and test a sustainable infrastructure for cardiovascular registration-based research in the Netherlands
Thanks to a grant from the Heart Foundation: Research and Care Innovation and ZonMw, the HEART4DATA consortium will start in early 2022, in close collaboration with Health-RI. The first projects will focus on heart failure, giving physicians and researchers more insight into the quality of care for this patient group. -
Making health data available for research. The next step #3
On October 7, 2021, Health-RI and BBMRI.nl organised the third and final session of this year’s expert meeting series discussing the next step in making health data available for research. -
Making health data available for research. The next step #2
The 2nd BBMRI & Health-RI expert session on Thursday September 23, focused on the various strategies available to make health data findable and linkable -
Health-RI gaat voor sneller en beter gezondheidsonderzoek en innovatie
Zorginstellingen, kennisinstellingen, overheid en bedrijven werken nauw samen aan een landelijke infrastructuur voor gezondheidsdata. De investering vanuit het Nationaal Groeifonds maakt een versnelde ontwikkeling mogelijk. -
Zorgen om versnipperd juridisch kader (her)gebruik lichaamsmateriaal
De Federatie Medisch Specialisten, de Nederlandse Federatie van Universitair Medische Centra (NFU), COREON en Health-RI hebben in een gezamenlijke brief aan Tweede Kamerleden hun zorgen geuit over het wetsvoorstel ‘Wet zeggenschap lichaamsmateriaal’. De belangrijkste zorg is het versnipperd juridisch kader voor het (her)gebruik van lichaamsmateriaal en medische gegevens voor onderzoek. -
Making health data available for research. The next step #1
On September 9, 2021, Health-RI and BBMRI.nl held the first of three new expert meetings to discuss the next step in making health data available for research. This time focusing on collecting FAIR data. -
Health-RI advocates National Genome Program for health
A broadly supported alliance of practitioners, researchers, professional associations, and patient organizations points out the importance of involving genetic data in prevention, diagnosis and care. -
Health-RI pleit voor Nationaal Genoom Programma voor gezondheid
Een breed gedragen alliantie van behandelaars, onderzoekers, beroepsverenigingen en patiëntenorganisaties wijst informateur Hamer op het belang van het betrekken van genetische gegevens bij preventie, diagnostiek en zorg. -
Vacancy for a Bioinformatician/Data Steward
Are you joining our team to strengthen FAIR data stewardship and analysis in Dutch life sciences research? Are you experienced in data interoperability in life sciences research? Here is your chance to join our team and help build the capacity in FAIR-based data stewardship in the DTL and Health-RI network. -
Mona Keijzer pays a working visit to Health RI
A working visit by Mona Keijzer, State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate, reinforced the good news on Monday 26 April that Health-RI will receive a subsidy of 69 million euros from the National Growth Fund. -
Dutch Government has pledged 69 million euros investment to Health-RI
The Dutch government has decided to grant the proposal of Health-RI for a national health data infrastructure. With the investment of 69 million euro’s from the National Growth Fund, Health-RI can quickly take the next steps to make health data more accessible for research and innovation. That is excellent news for health research, health care, the Dutch economy and Dutch citizens. -
Health-RI partner in ABOARD to stop Alzheimer’s
A collaboration of more than thirty partners launched a personalized medicine approach for Alzheimer’s disease. The project called ABOARD aims to prepare for a future in which Alzheimer’s disease is stopped before dementia has started. -
Support from ZonMw to further development of Health-RI
ZonMw has provided a grant to Health-RI to help realize a national health-data infrastructure. This will enable optimal use of health data, samples and images to realize a learning healthcare system, data driven health as well as prevention and will accelerate personalized health. -
Call for Abstracts and Demos
Online poster and demonstration session at the Health-RI 2021 conference -
Towards a Health data infrastructure and set of agreements
Report by Health-RI and Nictiz will help to provide tools to improve the accessibility of health data for Artificial Intelligence. -
Health-RI gaat voor AI om gezondheidsdata beter te benutten
Er is geen gebrek aan gezondheidsdata, maar beschikbare gezondheidsdata wordt onvoldoende hergebruikt. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek naar het gebruik van zorgdata voor artificiële intelligentie (AI) door CAPgemini Invent. Het rapport onderschrijft de missie van Health-RI om de toegang tot data te faciliteren. -
In memory of Professor emeritus Gertjan van Ommen (1947 - 2020)
With great sadness we learned that our admired colleague Gert-Jan van Ommen passed away last weekend, Saturday November 7. -
Data stewards eager to learn how to create FAIR metadata for national COVID-19 data portal
ZonMw, the GO FAIR Foundation and Health-RI will kick off a new series of six virtual workshops. More than 80 data stewards and researchers from different institutes will learn to design machine actionable metadata. -
Generic Policy for Access to and Sharing of COVID-19 Data
Health-RI and the NFU have published a data access policy to support the rapid and efficient secondary use of COVID-19 related data collected by Dutch medical centres in line with applicable laws, regulations and ethical principles. -
Kick-start of Dutch cBioPortal Special Interest Group
The first cBioPortal focus meeting took place on September 9th. Several implementations of cBioPortal were showcased which gave an insight into the developments around cBioPortal in the Netherlands. -
New ELSI-flowcharts for researchers that use patient data or tissue
The ELSI Servicedesk and the Health-RI Registry in a Box initiative published two interactive flowcharts for researchers in the Netherlands that use patient data or patient tissue. One that helps to choose the right consent procedure and another that helps to find the necessary agreements. -
New Health data portal will support COVID-19 research
The Dutch health care system is generating much COVID-19 related data. -
Een effectieve gezondheidsdata-infrastructuur is goud waard
In de zorg worden op verschillende plekken heel veel data vastgelegd, variërend van lichaamstemperatuur tot laboratoriumbepalingen en gegevens over gezondheid en overlijden. Hoe beter die gegevens beschikbaar zijn voor onderzoek en innovatie, hoe sneller grootschalige gezondheidsproblemen effectief aangepakt en zorgvernieuwingen gerealiseerd kunnen worden. -
Dutch COVID-19 Data Support Programme Newsletter
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Focus meeting to kick-start Dutch cBioPortal community
cBioPortal users and developers are invited to the first Dutch cBioPortal Focus meeting. The online event is organized by Health-RI, DTL and NKI and will be held on September 9th. It will be the first official cBioPortal community meeting and will help cBioPortal users and IT-developers to get the most out of their platform. -
UMCs work together on the FAIRification of patient registries
It has become easier for scientists working with rare diseases to exchange research data. In a joint effort of researchers from Radboudumc and Amsterdam UMC, a rare disease registry codebook has been created. -
Beyond One Million Genomes project (B1MG) will boost 1+MG efforts
A virtual kick-off meeting with 22 signatory countries marked the beginning of B1MG. This project will support the implementation of the ‘1+ Million Genomes’ initiative (1+MG) ‘Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022. -
Health-RI COVID-19 research tips
Regular updates and suggestions for clinical research data tools and services that facilitate collaboration with other COVID-19 researchers and the use and reuse of data. -
Call for COVID-19 data initiatives
Health-RI is actively collecting starting and ongoing COVID-19 related initiatives to promote collaboration and prevent fragmentation of research efforts. We need your input to provide a comprehensive overview! -
Health-RI facilitating COVID-19 research
Health-RI launched the Dutch COVID-19 Data Support Programme. To support investigators and health care professionals with tools and services in their search for ways to overcome the pandemic and its health consequences. -
Personal Health Train now departs from its own platform
At a sold-out Health-RI conference, the Dutch secretary-general of the Ministry of Health officially launched the Personal Health Train network platform. It marked the official start of the PHT network, a community-effort to advance the analysis of health data from various sources, in a safe, efficient and responsible way. -
H2020 grant for a new EATRIS flagship project on personalised medicine
EATRIS, the European infrastructure for translational medicine, obtained funding for a new flagship project for sustainability and personalised medicine: EATRIS-Plus. -
6th National eScience Symposium 2019
21 November 2019 at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam The theme of this year’s edition is ‘Digital Challenges in Open Science’. A one-day event where academic researchers, industry representatives and policy-makers from various disciplines come together to discuss and share views on the latest developments in eScience. -
Opportunities of national screening programs for scientific research
The information and samples collected in national population screening programs represent a wealth of information and could help scientists discover new diagnostics, treatments and insights in how to prevent disease. The use of this data for these purposes brings about many challenges. Health-RI visited the RIVM Centre for Population Screening to discuss common challenges. -
Finding new answers in old medical records
Do all young women diagnosed with breast cancer really need adjuvant cancer treatment such as chemotherapy or hormone therapy after surgery to lower the risk of recurrence? Or would some be better off without it? -
MG-NL identifies obstacles to use and reuse genomics data
MG-NL, the Dutch ‘mirror group’ of the European Million Genomes Initiative made an inventory of available genome sequences in the Netherlands. A first analysis clearly identified some major obstacles for the use and reuse of genomics data in research. These concern patient consent and linkage of Genome Sequences to relevant clinical data in a privacy preserving manner. -
GDPR may hinder collaborations outside EU
BBMRI.nl, Health-RI and Coreon wrote a letter to the members of the European Data Protection Board warning that the requirement to comply fully with the GDPR would significantly hinder research collaborations. -
Using MRI scans to reveal early signs of dementia
Looking into the aging brain with MRI could improve the diagnosis of very early stage dementia, allowing doctors to give patients the appropriate medication and offer them greater certainty about their long-term prognosis. Initial research results in the area look promising. -
Patients should leave hospital, not their data
Most of the clinical guidelines designed to help doctors recommend suitable treatments for their patients are based on ‘average’ results and side effects, not on the individual patient in front of them.