General description of the application HD4RES v2

In order to understand HD4RES v.2, we have a look at its predecessor HD4RES v.1.

HD4RES is an application developed by healthdata.be and installed at Sciensano that allows the manager of the data collection to communicate with the data provider without knowing the identification of the patient. Data are sent automatically or by pressing a submit button to the central HD4RES application via eHealth. A mechanism of encryption is put in place assuring that nobody has access to the patient identifier and medical information except the data provider.

HD4RES was a temporary solution. The challenge for HealthData in Architecture 1 was that all healthcare organisations and all healthcare professionals should be able to provide data in a structured and encoded way to the researcher. The records collected from the data providers could follow many itineraries, what made monitoring a complex matter.

The main objective of HD4RES V2.0 is to simplify HD4RES. In the HD Architecture 2.0 the HD4RES application has been integrated in the HD DWH.

Like in Architecture 1.0, the researcher will be able to monitor the Architecture 2.0 dataflow end-to-end. This will be possible at HD-DWH.

HD4RES v.2 monitors:

• all data flows, not only HD4DP to HD
• all project related incidents and requests submitted via Service Portal

As HD4RES becomes part of the Quality Control tool, the application HD4RES as such disappears; it becomes now a block SAS eGuide in DWH that takes over that function.