PHEMS (short for "Pediatric Hospitals as European drivers for multi-party computation and synthetic data generation capabilities across clinical specialties and data types") is a groundbreaking initiative in the European healthcare sector aiming to revolutionize the way health data is managed and utilized across Europe.
This project is particularly focused on addressing the challenges posed by privacy concerns around sharing health data and the complexity of data sharing due to varying interpretations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By developing a decentralized and open health data ecosystem, PHEMS strives to facilitate easier access to health data, thereby advancing federated health data analysis and creating services for generating shareable synthetic datasets. This will help hospitals to use resources more efficiently, accelerate research, and improve patient outcomes.