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Disease-specific programmes

One method, real cases.

Each vertical is a programme structured around a specific disease or care pathway. The method is shared; the case is singular. Our founding vertical focuses on arterial hypertension. Others will follow, according to expressed needs and the stakeholders mobilised.

Why verticals

Disease-specific verticalisation as the primary method

Cross-cutting approaches — general governance, generic GDPR, abstract cybersecurity — reach their limits when they fail to follow the logic specific to each disease.

Vertical Health Data establishes disease-specific verticalisation as its primary method. Each vertical is a rigorous pilot case of a replicable approach. The framework allows gradual opening to other diseases without renegotiating the foundations.

Founding vertical

Arterial hypertension

In scoping · Pilot case

Arterial hypertension is our founding vertical. This choice anchors the method in a clinical case with high stakes for public health, longitudinal follow-up, coordination of stakeholders, and circulation of data between paper and technological media.

Methodological grid applied

Six questions · Six answers grounded in hypertension
Who is the patient?
The person living with hypertension, their possible relative, their real pathway of follow-up and treatment.
What is the disease's own logic?
Silent chronic disease. Critical moments: detection, initiation of treatment, adherence, prevention of cardiovascular complications.
What data revolves around it?
Measurements (blood pressure monitor, ABPM, self-measurement), treatments, examinations (biology, imaging), reports, histories, devices and applications.
On which media do they exist?
Paper logbook, shared medical record, health applications, connected devices, hospital reports.
Who produces them, who receives them?
Patient (self-measurement), general practitioner, cardiologist, nurse, pharmacist, biologist, care pathway coordinator.
How are they presented, used, protected?
Patient feedback (readability of follow-up), clinical use (therapeutic adjustment), protection (GDPR, medical confidentiality, traceability).

The ten dimensions applied to hypertension

Our doctrinal axis “health data” is structured into ten complementary dimensions, applied to each vertical.

01
Sources, origins and media
Self-measurement logbook, ABPM, hospital record, applications, connected objects.
02
Quality, reliability and context
Accuracy of measurements, contextualisation (effort, rest, medication).
03
Life cycle
Creation, transmission, retention, archiving, anonymisation of measurements.
04
Flows and interoperability
Exchanges patient ↔ general practitioner ↔ specialists ↔ pharmacist. Frequent breaks.
05
Application uses and technologies
Follow-up applications, telemonitoring, coordination, alerts.
06
Feedback and experience
Readability for the patient and the relative, cognitive load of daily follow-up.
07
Algorithms and AI
Decision support, pattern detection, medical supervision.
08
Security and cybersecurity
Confidentiality of measurements, traceability, incident management.
09
Compliance and governance
Purpose of processing, minimisation, individuals' rights, GDPR.
10
Responsible value creation
Research, prevention, collective interest.
Read the hypertension doctrinal note in the Observatory →
Multi-year programme

The following verticals will be opened according to needs and the stakeholders mobilised

The VHD framework is designed to accommodate other diseases without renegotiating the foundations. The opening is gradual, never opportunistic. A vertical only opens when it can be carried with the same rigour as hypertension.

Vertical Status Indicative timeline
Arterial hypertension Active · Scoping 2026
Diabetes Under study To be determined
Melanoma Under study To be determined
AMD Under study To be determined
Other priority diseases On request from members and colleges Subject to mobilisation

No vertical is launched without prior formal scoping. This requirement stems from our invariant: structure, prove, scope, carry.

Propose a vertical

Would you like to propose a vertical?

Vertical Health Data welcomes proposals for new verticals, provided they meet three clear conditions.

Each proposal is examined by the Executive General Secretariat and submitted, where appropriate, to the Board of Directors, in compliance with the association's statutory framework.

Three conditions

  • A real case anchored in a disease
  • Stakeholders who can be mobilised over time
  • A clear articulation with our method
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The HTA vertical serves as a pilot case to structure pathways, disruptions and levers.

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Vertical Health Data does not collect, host or process any individual health data. The collection of personal health data would be conditional on HDS-certified hosting, which is not in place; it therefore does not take place.