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The AI cycle of health inequity and digital ageism: mitigating biases through the EU regulatory framework on medical devices
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) medical devices is rapidly growing.Although AI may benefitthe quality and safety of healthcare for older adults,it simultaneously introduces new ethical and legal issues. Many AI medical devices exhibit age-related biases. The first part of this paper explainshow ‘digital ageism’ is produced throughout the entire lifecycle of medicalAI and may… Read more
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The Council of Europe’s AI Convention (2023-2024): Promises and Pitfalls for Health Protection
The Council of Europe, Europe’s most important human rights organization, is developing a legally binding instrument for the development, design, and application of AI systems. This “Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law” (AI Convention) aims to protect fundamental rights against the harms of AI. The AI Convention may become… Read more
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Women’s Health Rights can Guide International Climate Litigation: KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland before the European Court of Human Rights
Hannah van Kolfschooten and Angela Hefti All over the world, individuals are taking governments to court for their role in climate change, or rather, their “climate inaction”. The 2022 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report shows that strategic litigation cases to enforce climate laws and policies have doubled since 2015. On 29 March 2023, the… Read more
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The Council of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Convention: Implications for Health and Patients
The Council of Europe, the most important international human rights organization on the European continent, currently is drafting a Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (AI Convention). The Convention aims to protect fundamental rights against the harms of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and is expected to become a global leading convention, as non-European states such… Read more
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Five “Big MedTech” Myths about Medical AI Debunked
Criticism of the European Union’s AI Act by the HealthTech Industry is often based on incorrect assumptions, and is in conflict with health and fundamental rights principles, write Hannah van Kolfschooten, Janneke van Oirschot, and Claudia Nicastro. The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is a world-first attempt to create comprehensive AI regulation, to protect both the… Read more
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The EU Medical Devices Regulation and the EU AI Act: A Short Comparison
In April 2021, the European Commission proposed the Artificial Intelligence Act, which is now debated in the EU parliament. The AI Act (AIA) is the EU’s first attempt to create a comprehensive AI regulatory framework and aims to ensure the protection of fundamental rights in this field. AI applications used in healthcare are often ‘medical… Read more
Hannah van Kolfschooten 