Recital 29

Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 lays down the conditions under which Member States perform identification of natural persons in cross-border situations using identification means issued by another Member State, establishing rules for the mutual recognition of such electronic identification means. The EHDS requires secure access to electronic health data, including in cross-border situations. Electronic health data access services and telemedicine services should enable natural persons to exercise their rights regardless of their Member State of affiliation, and should therefore support the identification of natural persons using any electronic identification means recognised pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. Given the possibility of challenges regarding identity matching in cross-border situations, it might be necessary for Member States of treatment to provide complementary access mechanisms such as tokens or codes to natural persons who arrive from other Member States and receive healthcare. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to determine the requirements for the interoperable and cross-border identification and authentication of natural persons and health professionals, including any complementary mechanisms that are necessary to ensure that natural persons can exercise their rights related to personal electronic health data in cross-border situations.