Advisory Board Aligns on Turning Regulation into Real-World Impact
- TRANSFORMERS.health
- February 10, 2026
- DATA2VALUE INITIATIVE
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The first Advisory Board meeting of the Data2Value Initiative brought together senior leaders from hospitals, policy institutions, industry, and academia with a shared objective: accelerating Europe’s transition toward data-driven healthcare by focusing on execution.
Rather than revisiting high-level strategies or calling for new regulatory frameworks, the discussion concentrated on a pragmatic question that all participants considered critical: How do policy, regulation, and technology become concrete, functioning practice inside health systems?
From frameworks to everyday reality
Advisory members agreed that the foundations for progress already exist. With EHDS, the EU AI Act, and national data governance frameworks in place, the central challenge is no longer direction – but implementation. Real impact emerges when these frameworks are translated into everyday clinical and operational workflows inside hospitals.
The discussion emphasized that hospitals benefit most when regulation and technology are made tangible through concrete examples that reflect real-world conditions. Patient onboarding, medication processes, discharge documentation, and cross-sector data access were repeatedly referenced as areas where regulatory ambition directly meets operational reality.
In the spirit of #ThoseWhoMake: Healthcare needs to move from regulation to reality, from ambition to implementation.
Leadership, not technology, as the decisive factor
A recurring theme was the need to treat trust, access, governance, and data literacy as leadership responsibilities rather than technical side issues. As health systems move from data scarcity to data abundance – including AI-generated outputs – the ability to establish reliable governance, ensure secure access, and enable informed use of data becomes a prerequisite for safe and responsible innovation.
Strengthening data literacy among clinicians and operational staff was identified as a key enabling capability. Without it, even the most advanced data infrastructures risk remaining underused or misapplied.
The DATA2VALUE Initiative will now define concrete use cases to inform its upcoming activities – most notably the Executive Dialogues in Berlin (April 2026) and Copenhagen (May 2026).
The role of real-world use cases
The Advisory Board aligned on the importance of showcasing end-to-end, working implementations that demonstrate how health data creates value in practice. Such use cases help translate abstract regulatory and policy discussions into actionable insights, support shared learning across health systems, and build trust among stakeholders.
By highlighting what already works – across patient journeys, governance models, and responsible AI use – health systems can accelerate replication and avoid repeating costly trial-and-error approaches.
Directional focus for the Data2Value Initiative
Based on the Advisory Board discussion, the Data2Value Initiative will prioritize:
- Making implementation visible through concrete, real-world examples
- Connecting regulatory requirements with operational hospital workflows
- Supporting shared learning through targeted communication, structured dialogue, and policy-relevant publications
Guided by the principles that knowledge is global, healthcare is local, science is central, and collaboration is essential, Data2Value aims to turn health data ambition into measurable, real-world impact.
