The patient
The person, their lived experience, their real pathway. A centrality that is never up for negotiation.
Structuring health data, one pathology at a time.
By placing the patient, the disease and the care pathway at the heart of ethical, sovereign and demanding governance.
Our framework
Pillar 01
Pillar 02
Pillar 03
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Three pillars that nothing separates
Vertical Health Data works from a simple reading grid. Three pillars, inseparable in the reality of the care pathway, which we hold together within every vertical.
The disease
The pathology, its own logic, its critical moments. Never a vague theme.
Health data
The media, flows and processing. A sensitive material, never an abstract stock.
Our purpose
In the field of health data, data flows poorly.
Stakeholders work in silos. Initiatives lack visibility. The requirements of sovereignty, compliance and ethics rarely find a neutral space in which to be reconciled with the imperatives of innovation.
Vertical Health Data responds to this observation with a clear positioning: to be a neutral, trusted space and a reference third party for structuring health data, one pathology at a time, within an ethical, sovereign and cooperative framework.
We do not measure our value by the volume of our output, but by its relevance. We do not measure our influence by the number of signatures, but by the soundness of the connections we are able to create.
What is a VHD vertical?
A vertical is a reference framework dedicated to a single condition. For that condition it maps the care pathway, the actors, the breakpoints, the useful data and the levers for improvement.
Pathway · Actors · Breakpoints · Useful data · Levers
What VHD produces
See these seven deliverables under construction on the AHT vertical →
Seven deliverables, one condition at a time
For each condition, a vertical is built up as seven deliverables — from pathway mapping to a public progress status.
01Pathway mapthe real steps, from screening to long-term follow-up
02Actor referencewho acts, at what moment, with which responsibility
03Breakpoint analysiswhere information, responsibility or coordination is lost
04Useful-data inventorywhich data inform the pathway — never collected here
05Governance frameworkwho may use what, for which purpose, under which rules
06Documented leversthe action points that reduce breakpoints
07Public progress statuswhere the vertical stands, in plain sight
First vertical
Arterial hypertension
In scoping · Pilot caseWe are starting with arterial hypertension. Not because it is the only pathology that matters — but because a rigorous method must prove itself on a real case before it can be generalised.
This founding vertical structures health data around the pathology: sources, quality, life cycle, flows, uses, restitution, algorithms and AI, security, compliance, responsible value creation. Ten complementary dimensions, applied to the real care pathway.
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What we do
Select · Qualify · Legitimise · Promote · Connect
Our action unfolds through five structuring functions. None works alone. Together, they describe what it means to be a reference third party in the field of health data.
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Our method
Structure · Prove · Frame · Carry
No advocacy, no operational structure, no external output before the founding framework is formalised. This invariant safeguards the quality of everything we produce.
- Step 01Structure
- Step 02Prove
- Step 03Frame
- Step 04Carry
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A place suited to your profile
Vertical Health Data distinguishes two commitments, set out in its bylaws: taking part in awareness work (without membership) or becoming a member (qualified profiles and organisations).
01Take partPatients, relatives, professionals, citizens — bring lived experience and field knowledge, without membership
02Become a memberPatient associations, experts, institutions, partners — qualified profiles and organisations (Art. 7)
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From framework to concrete case
Vertical Health Data applies its method to a first condition. Choose your point of entry.
Vertical Health Data ne collecte, n'héberge et ne traite aucune donnée de santé individuelle. La collecte de données de santé personnelles serait conditionnée à un hébergement certifié HDS, qui n'est pas en place : elle n'a donc pas lieu.
Observatoire
Notre corpus en lecture libre
Toutes nos productions doctrinales sont consultables et téléchargeables. L'Observatoire est l'espace de travail public de Vertical Health Data.
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