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M42's Dr. Maaz Shaikh says the company's open-source Med42 LLM, trained on public rather than patient data, can be deployed for multiple use cases and is compliant with many global security standards.

Aging is a tangled web of biological processes and AI can help us map this complexity and unlock treatments that target aging itself, not just its symptoms, says Andrew Steele, author of "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old".

While Dubai seeks to leverage AI to offer personalized, data-driven care and increase efficiency, the Dubai Health Authority's Neville Perry says any new proposed healthcare AI projects must be compliant and cost-effective.

As workforce shortages in healthcare continue to worsen, particularly in primary care and nursing, the demand for a resilient, skilled and adaptable healthcare workforce has never been greater.

While 70% of Jordan's population is covered by the national health system, Omar Ayesh, Electronic Health Solutions' CEO, says the country is building a national HIE to integrate and share data from private care providers.

Reimbursement rules vary across the EU, slowing widespread adoption of digital therapeutics, though early frameworks in Germany and France are good foundations for future harmonisation and scale, says Louisa Stüwe from the French Ministry of Health.

Through using advanced data analytics and rigorously tested AI models, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committed to helping its residents live longer, healthier lives, says Saad Alhuzami of its Ministry of Health.

The European Health Data Space marks a major milestone in EU-wide health data sharing, aiming to empower citizens and enable secure, interoperable digital healthcare.

In addition to HIMSS25 Europe, Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, says HIMSS has partnered with Informa on the WHX Tech conference in Dubai and is actively working with the WHO and the EC to help "redesign" European digital health.

Healthcare providers face significant challenges in pathology. By enabling more efficient, collaborative workflows, digital pathology solutions can help them transition from legacy analogue processes and address the shortage of trained pathologists.