of interest #9

A brief overview of recent news, articles and reports that may be of interest.

Regulations / Consultations / Policy documents

• Deadline 9 September - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS European Digital Identity Wallets

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?? Integrity and core functionalities

?? Person identification data and electronic attestations of attributes

?? Protocols and interfaces to be supported

?? Trust framework

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Studies

• Progress and trends in the national open source policies and legal frameworks
• High-value datasets best practices report
• European Partnership for EIT Health - Evaluation support study
• Europeans' opinions about the European Union's priorities (Eurobarometer report April-May 2024)

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Topics

Artificial intelligence

• Sebastian Hallensleben | Status Dashboard JTC21 European AI standardisation
• UNESCO | Deadline 19 September - Consultation paper on AI Regulation - Emerging approaches across the world
• ???? Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) | (in German) Transparency of AI systems
• ???? Information Commissioner's Office | Deadline 18 September - Call for evidence: Allocating controllership across the generative AI supply chain
• AI Risk Repository
• Mapping the regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence in health within the European Union
• The Digital Health Society & The European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data | Roundtable report Creating an Environment of Trust and Responsible AI Adoption and Use
• stiftung neue verantwortung (Interface) | Where is Europe's AI workforce coming from?
• United Nations | Mind the AI Divide: Shaping a global perspective on the future of work

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Cybersecurity

• Cyber security in the health and medicine sector: a study on available evidence of patient health consequences resulting from cyber incidents in healthcare settings
• NIST releases first 3 finalized post-quantum encryption standards

Data protection & Data governance

• Deadline 6 September - EU-US Data Privacy Framework: report of the Commission on how the framework is functioning
• ???? Information Commissioner's Office | Deadline 18 September - Call for evidence: Allocating controllership across the generative AI supply chain

• ???? Tackling barriers to privacy-enhancing technologies adoption - a PETs project report
• EU-US data transfers: an enduring challenge for health research collaborations

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Digital health

• ???? Digitalisation in Danish healthcare
• ???? NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | Forward view: our priority topics (2024-2025)
• ???? American College of Cardiology | Remote patient management workbook
• openFHIR, bridging openEHR and HL7 FHIR
• Effective eConsent Strategies for Every Study: Utilizing the eConsent Fit-for-Purpose Study Framework

Health data

• European Medicines Agency | Real-world evidence framework to support EU regulatory decision-making (2nd report)
• IDERHA | Getting ready for the European Health Data Space (EHDS): IDERHA's plan to align with the latest EHDS requirements for the secondary use of health data
• AIDAVA | A roadmap for health data interoperability
• ELIXIR | Scientific Programme 2024-2028
• ???? Tony Blair Institute for Global Change | Preparing the NHS for the AI Era: A Digital Health Record for Every Citizen

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Market access

• EDiHTA | Deadline 24 September - Delphi survey on Digital Health Technology Definition and Taxonomy
• ???? NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | Use of AI in evidence generation

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Medical devices

• Deadline 30 September - Monitoring the availability of medical devices on the EU market - survey for health service providers
• European Medicines Agency | New pilot programme to support orphan medical devices

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Web3, virtual worlds and blockchain

• Blockchain in Healthcare Today, Vol.7 No.2 (2024)

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Other

• ???? NHS Health Research Authority | Addressing the barriers to people-centred clinical research with recommendations for system-wide action
• Eurofound | Human-robot interaction: What changes in the workplace?

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That's all for now!