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There is a growing awareness that harnessing “big data”, if done properly, could transform both the quality of health care for patients and how health systems perform. However, processes that can link the content of large and diverse health-related datasets from multiple sources in ways that achieve these goals without compromising privacy or other ethical concerns are only in their infancy. Eurohealth Observer - Connecting the dots: putting big data to work for health systems, Big data for better outcomes: supporting health care system transformation in Europe; Eurohealth International - Health priorities of the 2017 Maltese EU Presidency; Eurohealth Systems and Policies - Reforms to inpatient care in Slovakia, The Trump Administration launches health law changes into heavy seas, Health care reform in Kosovo, and What does Brexit mean for health in the UK; and Eurohealth Monitor.