Project summary
The DeHelse project aims to develop secure and privacy-preserving solutions for sharing sensitive health data. The project focuses on leveraging decentralized technologies, such as blockchain, to protect data from unauthorized access while minimizing the exposure of sensitive information. These solutions address key challenges related to data confidentiality, integrity, and availability while ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, EHDS, and NIS2.
Sharing health data is crucial for improving services, supporting research, and enabling collaboration across institutions. However, concerns about privacy breaches, security risks, and regulatory compliance often hinder data sharing. Security in this context involves measures to prevent unauthorized access and ensure data integrity, while privacy emphasizes protecting personal information from unnecessary exposure and granting users self-sovereignty and control over their data, even when accessed by authorized entities.
The project’s main objectives include designing a decentralized architecture for secure data sharing and applying cryptographic methods to prevent unauthorized access. Furthermore, DeHelse explores practical implementation scenarios to demonstrate how these technologies can be effectively applied in healthcare.
DeHelse is the first spin-off of the ongoing CoTecH (Co-created Health Technology) project, led by USN, which focuses, among others, on the development of privacy and security-enhancing technologies for healthcare services. Through this initiative, DeHelse seeks to improve trust in healthcare systems by reducing privacy risks and enhancing secure data-sharing practices tailored to the needs of both patients and healthcare professionals.