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The data on 1.6 million patients was allegedly used without their consent. 

The EU is pushing to move health data online. But can member states — and their citizens — keep up, asks Frieda Klotz. 

The organisation, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs - King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, is the first to achieve quadruple Stage 7 validation.

Simon Madden and Catherine Pollard will head up the NHS transformation directorate.

While some hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are already making reasonable use of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) systems, the overall picture of adoption and progress tends to be more fragmented. 

MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space   The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state.

The framework, which leaders hope will start working in 2025, will potentially harness the health data of nearly 450 million people, facilitating cross-border care and opening opportunities for research.

Expanding the role of advanced medical content in clinical outcome improvement is at the heart of a cooperation between Oslo University Hospital and Olympus, which will also build the foundation for the development of AI in digital health solutions.

Concerns raised about conflict of interest as Palantir bids for £240M NHS contract. 

Effective use of health data is vital but the practicalities are mired in problems, according to experts speaking at an event held in Brussels yesterday (21 April).