Government & Policy (169)

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.

New U.S. Department of Labor rule would have an immediate positive effect on pharmacies and negatively impact the big Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), says Dae Y. Lee, attorney at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

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.