Author: Sulev Reisberg, Research Fellow in Health Informatics at the University of Tartu and STACC
Estonia’s health data has strong potential to improve care and save lives, but this potential remains underused. The problem is not a lack of data, but fragmented systems, limited access and overly complex regulation. As a result, valuable data often fails to reach doctors and decision-makers in time or in a usable form.
The article highlights three key solutions: simplifying the legal framework to enable faster and broader data use, creating common data standards to ensure interoperability, and launching a rapid pilot project to make treatment quality visible in real time. Overall, Estonia does not need more data — it needs to activate the data it already has.
The full article is available in Estonian. An English summary is available here:
Estonian Health Data Could Save Lives If We Put It to Work
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