The H2O project (Health Outcomes Observatory) is a European project realized in the context of IMI, the Innovative Medicine Initiative, that brings together public and private sector to offer a powerful platform for the healthcare system for measuring and gathering patient outcomes.

It offers the infrastructure and the data governance to manage those data effectively. The goal is to standardize the measurements, allowing patients to keep control of their data.This could allow their healthcare provider to have a more effective way to handle therapies, especially in patients with NCDs.

“Like water, data is an essential resource, and within the health care system it can be used to empower and serve patients, whilst safeguarding their privacy. Health data has the potential to inform and facilitate a richer dialogue between patients and their healthcare providers as well as improve self-management, thus resulting in better care for individuals and more efficient and sustainable health care systems for the entire community”