Stronger safeguards needed as AI healthcare grows, warns WHO in Europe
A logo is pictured outside a World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. — Reuters COPENHAGEN: The growing use of artificial intelligence in healthcare requires stronger legal and ethical safeguards to protect patients and healthcare workers, the World Health Organization’s Europe division said in a report published on Wednesday. That’s the conclusion of a report on the adoption and regulation of artificial intelligence in healthcare systems in Europe, based on responses from 50 of the 53 member states in the WHO European region, which includes Central Asia. Only four countries, or 8 percent, have adopted a




