The European Health Data Space, or EHDS, is an initiative of the European Commission to develop a European Union-level regulation that aims to facilitate patients' access to their personal data and to promote the exchange and sharing of health data across the European Union. The EHDS seeks to create a secure data exchange environment that respects privacy. It is an initiative that promotes the availability of high-quality health data for research, policy-making and innovation in healthcare. However, the EHDS also highlights the importance of data governance, ethical principles and compliance with data protection regulations, and facilitates the exchange of health data between stakeholders such as healthcare providers, researchers, policy makers and patients. 5+1 recommendations for the timely and effective implementation of the EHDS in Slovakia in order not to fall behind other Member States and, on the contrary, to start being an active member of the health data community by adequately supporting the harmonisation of health data formats and structures or by promoting data accessibility in support of research and innovation using health data. The recommendations do not forget the area of technical standards for data interoperability, improvement of mechanisms and platforms for data exchange and sharing, and implementation of AI. The last +1 refers to a specific legislative recommendation.