Division 2 The consent form shall request the patient's explicit consent for sharing her/his personal data with one or more ERNs, with the sole purpose to improve her/his access to diagnosis and treatment and the provision of high-quality healthcare. To that end, it shall explain that:F1

if the consent is given, the patients' personal data will be processed by healthcare providers authorised to access CPMS respecting the following conditions:

1. (i)

   the name of the patient, as well as place and exact date of birth will not be included in the shared data; the patient's identifying data will be replaced by a unique identifier which will not allow identification of the patient to anyone else other than the healthcare provider (pseudonymisation);

2. (ii)

   only data that are relevant for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment will be shared; this may include area of birth and area of residence, gender, year and month of birth, medical images, laboratory reports, as well as biological sample data. It may also include letters and reports from other healthcare professionals who have cared for the patient in the past;

3. (iii)

   the patient's data will be shared through the Clinical Patient Management System (CPMS), a secure electronic information system;

4. (iv)

   only healthcare professionals and other individuals affiliated to such healthcare providers subject to the obligation of professional secrecy who are entitled to have access to patients' data in the Networks will have access to the patient's data;

5. (v)

   healthcare professionals and other individuals affiliated to such healthcare providers who are entitled to have access to patients' data may run queries in the CPMS and create reports in order to identify similar patient cases;

if the consent is not given, it will by no means affect the patient's care by the respective healthcare provider.