Making the Most of Danish Public Health Data

Making the Most of Danish Public Health Data

Partisia Platform, Confidential Computing, R&D, OSCAR

Danmarks Statistik And the Danish Health Authority are two Danish organisations. With Danmarks Statistik Dedicated to gathering statistical information about Denmark's population and Danish Health Authority holding comprehensive health data. Together with DataFair, Enversion, Innovationsfonden and more partners, Partisia are participating in a project called OSCAR.

We live in a world driven by data; therefore, why should the development of medicines be any different?
Kim Nørskov Director of Product Management, Partisia

Without a doubt, the combination of demographic data – such as age, income, education level, and so on - with comprehensive health records, holds immense value. This combination offers insights into various aspects, including different illnesses, age-related ailments, environmental factors impacting health, and adverse reactions to specific medications.

By combining demographic, socioeconomic and health data, we can generate new insights such as identifying correlations between social status and the effectiveness of breast cancer treatments
Kim Nørskov Director of Product Management, Partisia

A Confidential Computing Platfrom

Through this collaborative effort involving a multitude of private and public companies, Partisia is contributing to the OSCAR project with our Confidential Computing platform.

The shared vision of the OSCAR project is to create a sustainable platform for better use of Danish health data in partnership with private companies and public organisations. The platform will ensure better access to health data in a manner that secures personal data privacy protection.

Access to Danish health data is essential to inform a modern, data-driven healthcare system. Better access to health data is needed to support innovative clinical research, precision medicine and outcome-based pricing models. These advances can, in turn, lead to improved disease prevention and treatment, as well as better use of healthcare resources.

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Patients want us to use data more than we do today
Jesper Fisker CEO, The Danish Cancer Society.

The Confidential Computing platform is the cornerstone of this project. It facilitates the collection, anonymisation, merging, analysis, and sharing of health data from public registries. Leveraging Secure Multiparty Computation, it ensures rapid and secure data analysis while maintaining stringent privacy standards.

To address this challenge, we have implemented a configuration of the Confidential Computing platform - Virtual Public Register (VPR) based on Multiparty Computation, running on a private blockchain network.
Ervin Szerdocz Project Manager, Partisia

The VPR Platform isn't replacing current research services; it's expanding them as it transitions from concept to reality.

Imagine being a doctor striving to advance cancer treatment, exploring avenues for novel medication. For good reason the regulatory landscape governing utilisation of personal health data  requires strong safeguards to ensure data is only used for approved purposes as well as  protecting sensitive information from leakage and compromise.. With Multiparty Computation, Confidential Computing offers a paradigm where encrypted data can be leveraged for informed decision-making while facilitating meaningful analysis.

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Without data on patient outcome we don’t know if the expensive new drugs we use are worth the money
Ulrik Lassen Chief Physician at Rigshospitalet, Department of Clinical Medicine and Professor in clinical oncology and personalised medicine, University of Copenhagen

In other words. Denmark has the potential to become one large phase 4 study, where data and insight from patients treated today will help tomorrow's patients and increase the competitiveness of the Life Science industry.

In essence, this paradigm means we can build a data economy where information is encrypted, protected, and fully accessible, fostering innovation and driving transformative change. It unlocks the potential to unravel insights from immense datasets, building the bridge for groundbreaking advancements in medicine and beyond.

Reach out to Kim to hear more about our projects and collaborations

Kim Nørskov

Kim Nørskov

Director of Product Management

kim.norskov@partisia.com

Who is Partisia?

We are an innovative software company and a trusted partner empowering companies to compute on encrypted data. Providing a platform where data from individuals, governments and private companies are able to stay encrypted and protected, and still fully enabled. Partisia is founded by pioneers within Multiparty Computation and advanced crytography.