Snowflake Earns HDS Certification in France for Healthcare Data
Snowflake has achieved HDS Certification Version 2 in France, enabling healthcare organizations to host sensitive health data on its AI Data Cloud. This certification addresses regulatory challenges and aims to accelerate data and AI innovation within France's healthcare and life sciences sectors. It applies to eligible workloads in European Economic Area regions and supports secure collaboration on governed data.
- →Snowflake Achieves HDS Certification in France
- →Enabling Data and AI Innovation in French Healthcare
- →Scope of HDS Certification
- →Alignment with European Health Data Space (EHDS)
- →Industry Use Cases and Partner Collaboration
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- Snowflake Achieves HDS Certification in France
Snowflake has obtained Hébergeur de Données de Santé (HDS) Certification Version 2, allowing healthcare organizations in France to host eligible health data workloads on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. This certification supports compliance with strict regulations for health data hosting.
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- Alignment with European Health Data Space (EHDS)
This French-specific HDS certification is part of Snowflake's broader efforts to support organizations navigating evolving European data regulations, such as the upcoming European Health Data Space (EHDS) initiative. It helps prepare organizations for increased data collaboration and interoperability across healthcare ecosystems.
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- Enabling Data and AI Innovation in French Healthcare
The HDS certification aims to help French healthcare and life sciences organizations overcome challenges in consolidating data and adopting modern cloud infrastructure. It supports innovation in clinical research, care delivery, and AI-powered applications by providing a trusted foundation for data collaboration.
- Scope of HDS Certification
The certification covers the management system supporting information security for the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, including physical sites, hardware infrastructure, platforms, and virtual infrastructure used to process health data. It is applicable to Snowflake regions within the European Economic Area.
- Industry Use Cases and Partner Collaboration
Organizations like Sanofi are already leveraging Snowflake for large-scale clinical data processing, with HDS certification strengthening support for such workloads. Snowflake also collaborates with partners like EY to help French healthcare organizations accelerate advanced analytics and AI initiatives while ensuring data protection.
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