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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.
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.
Per Mattsson, vice president and head of AI and clinical innovation at Tieto Caretech, discusses how artificial intelligence could help expand access to global medical expertise and support more informed healthcare decision-making in the future.
Michael Cohen and Chanie Suttner, Discovery Health actuaries, discuss their research, which demonstrated that very high and low temperatures drive spikes in doctor visits, emergency care and hospital utilization.
Florian Podewski of Germany's Federal Ministry of Health cautions that health systems must prepare now for risks posed by deepfake technology, unsecured medical devices and quantum computing.
Dr Hannah Allen, chief medical officer at Heidi and GP, shares insights from real-world deployments where AI tools are helping reduce cognitive burden and administrative workload across healthcare settings.
Navel, a patient assistant robot from navel robotics, talks about its mission of delivering conversation, games and social engagement to patients to reduce loneliness and create a more positive care experience.
Author Karen Hao says users often do not know about the immense scale of AI data centers and their computing infrastructure, as well as the labor exploitation and environmental strain that accompany them.
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.
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.
Jesús Pulgarín, health senior manager at NTT DATA, discusses why inconsistent and disconnected health data continues to challenge interoperability efforts across Europe.