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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.

Lauri Billingsley and Mari Tietze of the University of Texas at Arlington discuss their work using AI-powered geomapping to identify areas in Texas without nearby maternal care services and pinpoint where high-risk mothers live.

Oren Nissim, CEO of Brook Health, discusses the program, which starts on July 5, and what broadening providers' access to certain tech-enabled care options could mean for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions.

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.

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.

Dr. Nuria Ruiz Hombrebueno says Madrid's Regional Government has created a Ministry for Digitalization and a Directorate General for Digital Health to drive interoperability, AI, data and remote monitoring initiatives across the region.

Fragmented identifiers in healthcare and a federated governance model can inhibit trusted access, explains Patrick Lane, president and COO of Health Gorilla.

Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, Healthcare Denmark chair, says that Nordic countries' small, connected societies allow them to build strong healthcare partnerships that offer lessons for other nations pursuing large-scale digitisation.

Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, says the agency has set strategic priorities to unify, aggregate and steward data and to leverage AI responsibly for more timely reporting.

Continued funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program requires integrated data across providers. Making it easy for them to connect virtually to state systems is vital, says Dr. Tim Ferris, InterSystems' VP of healthcare practice.

TEMPO and ACCESS are two new models that signal a large change in how the federal government intends to govern cost, quality and accountability in Medicare. Bill Charnetski, government affairs pro at PointClickCare, offers a deep dive.