One Point of Contact for health data and new rules on access to information
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af sundhedsloven, lov om apoteksvirksomhed og lov om videnskabsetisk behandling af sundhedsvidenskabelige forskningsprojekter og sundhedsdatavidenskabelige forskningsprojekter (Opfølgning på vision for strategisk samarbejde for bedre brug af sundhedsdata, videregivelse af oplysninger om demensdiagnoser, styrket beskyttelse af medarbejdere i sundhedsvæsenet i sager om aktindsigt m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act establishes One Point of Contact as a single entry point for health data for research and innovation.
- It makes it possible to exempt the names of health professionals and others from access to information if significant considerations for their safety speak against it.
- The Danish Health Data Authority passes information about dementia diagnoses on to the Danish Patient Safety Authority, so the authority can monitor doctors' prescriptions of antipsychotic medicines to patients with dementia.
- Who: The rules apply to researchers and others who request health data, patients who ask for access to information, and authorities such as the Danish Health Data Authority and the Danish Patient Safety Authority.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 February 2026.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget etablerer Ét Kontaktpunkt for sekundær anvendelse af sundhedsdata. Formålet er at gøre det nemmere og mere transparent for forskere og virksomheder at få adgang til sundhedsdata, så den store viden, der ligger i danske sundhedsdata, kan blive omsat til konkrete løsninger til gavn for patienter og sundhedsvæsenet. Forslaget sikrer en klar hjemmel til, at sundhedsdata kan blive videreanvendt til at styrke beslutningsstøtten i patientbehandlingen og udvikle nye innovative løsninger, herunder ved brugen af kunstig intelligens. Forslaget ændrer praksis for indberetning af hændelser i komitésystemet, så kun hændelser, der faktisk påvirker eller formodes at påvirke forsøgets integritet og sikkerheden for deltagerne, skal rapporteres med det samme. Forslaget etablerer et retligt grundlag for, at Sundhedsdatastyrelsen kan videregive oplysninger om patienters demensdiagnoser til Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed, og et retligt grundlag for, at Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed kan behandle sådanne oplysninger som led i overvågningen af lægers ordinationer af antipsykotiske lægemidler til patienter med demens. Forslaget medfører, at medarbejdernes navne kan undtages fra retten til aktindsigt af hensyn til deres tryghed, f.eks. hvis anmodningen må antages at skulle tjene et chikanøst formål eller lignende.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 27 March 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 4 June 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 20 June 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Date to be set later · 21 June 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Fully in force · 1 February 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet