The introduction of a data-driven population health management approach in the Netherlands since 2019: The Extramural LUMC Academic Network data infrastructure

•Strategies to improve health and reduce inequality should focus across and within sectors.•ELAN is a unique data infrastructure due to its capacity to assimilate data from various domains and yield novel insights that were previously unattainable.•ELAN can provide policymakers and health care professionals with relevant tools, enhances citizen involvement and increases knowledge by scientific research.•Establishing a data infrastructure similar to ELAN comes together with challenges and opportunities.