What is HDS Certification?
HDS certification aims to enhance the protection of personal health data and to create a trustworthy environment around eHealth and patient monitoring in France.
It is based on frameworks that include compliance with ISO standards (27001) and allows for certification to be granted by an accredited independent body to any structure or organisation hosting health data.
Personal health data is sensitive information. Access to it is regulated by law to protect individuals' rights in France. Consequently, the hosting of this data must be carried out under security conditions appropriate to its criticality. The regulations define the expected modalities and conditions.
This is very almot mandatory for French company willing to work with that kind of data