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David Novillo Ortiz of WHO's European regional office discusses a study that found significant weaknesses in AI governance across European health systems, and how the agency is developing a roadmap to help member states strengthen their AI oversight.
Ran Balicer, Clalit's chief innovation officer, says the company's AI has driven more than 250,000 care management changes in a single month by analyzing data to present evidence-based recommendations for clinicians' final decision.
As health systems face staffing pressures, Peter Julius, Public Intelligence CEO and partner, suggests that emotionally responsive robots like Hana-chan can provide social engagement and calm patient agitation in care settings.
Oscar Solans Fernandez of Catalonia's Ministry of Health says the ministry has created an AI-powered healthcare platform that includes clinical guidelines and a medication database to help AI agents provide accurate answers.
Italy's 21 regions each run distinct healthcare systems, but Dr. Achille Iachino of Italy's Ministry of Health says the country's EMRAM assessment brought together stakeholders across all regions to advance digital maturity.
IHE Catalyst's Alexander Berler discusses how the nonprofit is orchestrating standards, testing and implementation to lay the groundwork for upcoming EU health data exchange regulations.
Julie Richard of France's Ministry of Health says France already has processes in place for the use of data from its national health database in research, creating a strong foundation for pan-European health data sharing.
Álvaro Alonso Zorita of Spain's National Health System says the country's collaborative approach to developing AI initiatives offers valuable lessons as Europe implements the European Health Data Space.
Peiling Yap, chief scientist at HealthAI, says that many responsible AI projects never move beyond pilot stages because weak governance and a lack of clear regulatory guardrails block safe scaling and widespread adoption.
Anton Hasselgren, ecosystem lead at 28DIGITAL, discusses how the UNITE project is bringing together regions, hospitals, startups, public agencies and industry partners to enable borderless European digital health services.
Dr Catia Pinto and Dr Tapani Piha of the HIMSS Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe (DHAGE) say this year's meeting tackled difficult topics like promoting digital literacy and successfully scaling healthcare AI.
Miquel Bru Angelats, Genomcore cofounder and CBDO, talks about the SiGenES project, a national library of shared Spanish genomic variants to help clinicians deliver faster, more accurate diagnoses.