Learners from both platforms can easily find i~HD's introduction to health data course on both platforms.
i~HD data quality course now available on HDA Academy
Partnership for education
The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) and the Belgian Health Data Agency (HDA) have collaborated to make learning materials on Health Data more accessible to interested healthcare practitioners. The digital course “Introduction to Health Data Quality”, originally hosted on the i~HD Academy, is now available on the HDA Academy as well.
i~HD eLearning Operator Maite Vandevyvere aims that through this collaboration, more people and a wider range of stakeholders can be part of the platforms, and that specific needs and use cases from the ecosystem can be addressed.
"When more people engage with our content and share useful feedback, we can create more relevant material . Our long-term objectives are to have a dynamic platform that has content that is easy to access, tailored to all skill levels, up-to-date, and relevant."
Meanwhile HDA’s Health Data Academy Coordinator Steffie Persyn highlights that this effort helps avoid fragmentation and prepares the ecosystem for EU-wide developments such as the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
"This collaboration reduces duplication of efforts and ensures that everyone starts from the same core principles when it comes to data quality, governance and responsible data use. It also strengthens interoperability on technical, human and organisational levels, which is essential in a complex health data ecosystem."
The organisations agree that the vision for sharing content and eLearning practices was a shared vision from the very start, especially since objectives and target audiences were also aligned. The process included ensuring that the course content, learning outcomes and level are complementary and not overlapping.
For i~HD Health Data Quality Manager Jens Declerck, who is also the developer of this course, believes that making this course available on multiple platforms can increase the engagement of representatives of different levels of the healthcare workforce, as well as stakeholder groups, which leads to a two-way feedback mechanism.
“Data quality can only be understood and improved by including multiple stakeholders in the data process. Improving education in a silo academy is therefore not the solution. This connection with the HDA expands the reach and stakeholders’ involvement, where only data quality awareness benefits.”
Interested learners can access both the i~HD Academy and the HDA Academy, create their respective accounts and enrol in the completely free “Introduction to Health Data Quality” eLearning course.
i~HD Academy
i~HD believes in holistic approaches to education in health data quality and other topics. Aside from the online courses available on the i~HD eLearning Hub, i~HD also offers the Masterclass Data Quality Leadership Team, a series of in-person and online classes by i~HD experts with an organisation’s own use case.