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The conference takes place 10-12 June in Paris. HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf offers a sneak peek, with a look at the current technology and policy landscape on the continent for AI and other healthcare IT applications.
Training AI on narrow or biased datasets leads to real-world harms like misdiagnosis and unequal treatment, says Jessica Morley, Jessica Morley, postdoctoral research associate at Yale University's Digital Ethics Center.
Oracle Health's Romel Khalife says the company's new EHR incorporates AI to simplify documentation, guide care for clinicians and make it easier for patients to schedule appointments and understand lab results.
Synthetic data can support bias correction, but clear validation standards for fidelity, usability and privacy must first be established, says Steffen Hess, Health Data Lab head at Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM).
Dr. Tamara Sunbul, chair of HIMSS Middle East Community and a digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor, highlights HIMSS Executive Summit in Dubai that will focus on the promise of AI and creating a future-ready workforce.
Healthcare's risk aversion remains a barrier to AI adoption, but low-risk, safety-validated opportunities are ready for real-world deployment, says Xabier Michelena Vegas, Catalan Health Service's digital health strategy clinical informatics lead.
To ensure ethical and responsible AI innovation in healthcare, progress must be balanced with strong protections for patient privacy, says Antoine Tesnière, professor at George Pompidou European Hospital.
Healthcare organizations must adopt digital transformation holistically to ensure the entire organization benefits rather than isolated areas, says Raed AlHazme, CIO at Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs.
Social gaming platforms are emerging as effective tools to deliver health education to young people by integrating health messaging into gaming environments, says Anca Petre, cofounder of MedShake Studio.
Ida Tin, who coined the term "femtech" and founded think tank Femtech Assembly, says more money needs to be put toward women's health research and regulation needs to be more gender-informed.
Zayna Khayat, health futurist and University of Toronto adjunct professor, argues that to meet expanding global healthcare needs, leaders must design digital-first, asset-light systems, which would enable more flexible and adaptive care delivery.
Osama El Hassan, ZIMAM cofounder and chair, discusses the digital workforce development nonprofit's evolution from a group of 12 to a community spanning Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries and beyond.