With a consortium of 35 partners, QUANTUM is an EU-funded project that aims to create a common label system for Europe that guarantees the quality and utility of datasets for scientific and health innovation purposes. These labels will enable researchers, policymakers, and healthcare professionals to identify high-quality data for research and decision making.

The challenge: Differences in data quality, standards and interoperability

Different countries and health data actors in the EU collect and store health data in different ways. This makes it hard to create a uniform system that ensures all data is of high quality and meets the standards set by the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulations. Similarly, the technology used to manage and share health data varies between different countries and organizations, which adds an additional obstacle for different systems to work together seamlessly.

The mission: Data you can trust

QUANTUM focuses on making health data more reliable and useful. The QUANTUM labelling mechanism will ensure that data meets high standards and that there’s and EU harmonisation of health datasets, which will translate into more reliable outcomes for research and scientific health advancements.

i~HD is working on several Work Packages of the projects, namely specification of data quality, utility and maturity label, design and development of the label, mid-scale implementation of the label, and coordination and management. i~HD is the lead in the community engagement Work Package.