Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Short read on the use of genAI in psychology settings -- and the concrete trust/transparency issues between technology users and persons concerned by their use in that given setting. Looks like a necessary discussion to have (even beyond psychology). 010
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 03/09/2025After-summer realisation, last June the MDCG updated it guidance on medical device software classification, to update it with #EHDS Regulation aspects -- especially regarding interoperability. (!) The new version is accessible here: health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow... 010
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinThe Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Exciting new post-doc fellow post just announced at University of Edinburgh - working alongside The Love Tank on the new Medicine Without Doctors collaboration. Closing date 02 Oct 2025. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Fellow LGBTQThe Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a 5-year postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medici... 01210
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 31/07/2025'Synthetic data for development of AI as a medical device. Regulatory considerations' www.phgfoundation.org/publications... by Reich, V. et al (MHRA & PHG Foundation. 2025) I've been arguing for some time that this is a much needed discussion. (not many happening) So happy to see this out!phgfoundation.orgSynthetic data for development of AI as a medical device (AIaMDs) - PHG Foundation 010
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 17/06/2025MDCG's latest: 2025-4 - Guidance on the safe making available of medical device software apps on online platforms (June 2025) health.ec.europa.eu/latest-updat... > Interesting to read how MDR/IVDR & DSA intersect in case of "illegal content related to MDs such as non-compliant or unsafe products"health.ec.europa.euMDCG 2025-4 - Guidance on the safe making available of medical device software (MDSW) apps on online platforms (June 2025)MDCG 2025-4 - Guidance on the safe making available of medical device software (MDSW) apps on online platforms (June 2025) 000
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Quite some interesting questions there: re ownership, AI and imbalance of power in healthcare> 'Patients and generative AI: Who owns your diagnosis?' by Asher Mandel, Michael DeMeo, Ashutosh Maheshwari, Ash Tewari bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comPatients and generative AI: Who owns your diagnosis?Click on the article title to read more. 010
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinTECHNIS @technis4.bsky.social · 30/04/2025@technis4.bsky.social webinar Saheli Datta Burton, @stsucl.bsky.social : "The (Geo)Politics of Standardisation in Medicine". Tuesday the 6th of May, 11:00 London time. To find out how to join please visit technisnet.org/seminars.html 012
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Super interesting view by @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social: Having opt-in for secondary use of genetic data in the #EHDS in 'Los expertos alertan de «lagunas de privacidad» en la iniciativa europea sobre datos sanitarios' by Pirinay via @euractiv.com euractiv.es/section/heal...euractiv.esLos expertos alertan de "lagunas de privacidad" en la iniciativa europea sobre datos sanitarios - Euractiv.esPara evitar polémicos casos de filtración de datos y ataques de hackers –como el de 23andMe- los países de la Unión Europea (UE) deberían reforzar las leyes nacionales y restringir el intercambio de ... 010
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 17/04/2025WHO & "Pandemic Treaty": 'Countries Agree on Treaty Aimed at Preventing Global Health Crises' By Stephanie Nolen and Emily Anthes via @nytimes.com The agreement proposal will be submitted to World Health Assembly in May 2025 for consideration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...nytimes.comWHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic TreatyThe World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office. 010
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinShashika Bandara @shashikalb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Join us on April 25 @ox.ac.uk @greentempleton.bsky.social as we discuss navigating decolonizing #globalhealth in diverse settings. Grateful to share this space w/ Dr. Maria Julia (Maju) Brunette & Dr. Neelika Malavige You can join online or in person. Register at www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/students/stu... 145
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 14/04/2025"Developing a cloud service to manage, store, and make patient data available promises to be a huge business - it's hardly surprising that digital giants (...) are already lining up. But are national health systems ready for full digitalization?" www.europeandatajournalism.eu/cp_data_news...europeandatajournalism.euEuropean patient data gold fever is on the rise - European Data Journalism Network - EDJNetDeveloping a cloud service to manage, store, and make patient data available promises to be a huge business - it's hardly surprising that digital giants, familiar on our smartphones, are already linin... 010
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Helpful resource for academics looking for transparent info on book publication fees: the 'Open Book Environment Dashboard'. via Limbert, H. & DeSanto, D., (2025), Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication: doi.org/10.31274/jls... Link to the tool docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comOpen Book Environment (OBE) Dashboard 010
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 09/04/2025In the last months, I had the opportunity to contribute to the research on synthetic data in healthcare, led by Giuseppe Pasculli (In Silico Trials). The resulting paper is now available in CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.comSynthetic Data in Healthcare and Drug Development: Definitions, Regulatory Frameworks, IssuesWith the recent and evolving regulatory frameworks regarding the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both drug and medical device development, the differentiation between data derived from obser... 220
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 07/04/2025How can the "state secret" influence the forthcoming judicial events about the Paragon case (spyware) in Italy? @citip.bsky.social colleague Flavia Giglio had it covered here, clearly and simply 👇 050
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinNorman @noaasm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Today @noyb.eu has filed a complaint with the Norwegian DPA against OpenAI for knowingly allowing its AI model to create defamatory outputs about users, which violates the GDPR’s principle of data accuracy noyb.eu/en/ai-halluc...noyb.euAI hallucinations: ChatGPT created a fake child murdererChatGPT created a fake story about a Norwegian man, claiming that he killed his two children and went to jail. This never happened 021
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinPlixavra Vogiatzoglou @plixavra.bsky.social · 18/03/2025During a workshop on 30-31 January, we critically examined #digitalsovereignty through a #feminist lens. Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below! criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...criticallegalthinking.comTo Reclaim or Resist: Can Digital Sovereignty Ever Be Feminist?Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK; Bloem van Smarten (1990-1991) On 30 and 31 January 2025, a group of researchers participated in a workshop examining 2106
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 06/03/2025It has been quite a week for health data law. Yesterday, the ITA OJ published the ministerial decree on the Italian "Health Data Ecosystem." The document is available at this link: www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2025/03/05/25A01321/sg in Italian, "Ecosistema Dati Sanitari" #EDS 110
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 05/03/2025The #EHDS Regulation is now officially published in the EU OJ. The text is accessible here eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten... 041
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinTECHNIS @technis4.bsky.social · 24/02/2025@technis4.bsky.social Seminar Series on Smart-PHARMA: DATA, Innovation & market power. Details about joining can be found at technisnet.org/seminars/ 012
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinKU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc) @digisoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025🚀 Call for Submissions! The 1st International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society (IDS2025) is happening on Sept 15-16, 2025, in Leuven! 📢 Submit by March 3, 2025 🔗 More info: inclusivedigitalsociety.eu Join the conversation on digital inclusion! #KULeuven Photo by Robs on Unsplash 063
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 26/02/2025'Europe Tightens Data Protection Rules for AI Models—And It’s a Big Deal for Healthcare and Life Sciences' by Corrales Compagnucci via PetrieFlom blog petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/02/24/e...petrieflom.law.harvard.eduEurope Tightens Data Protection Rules for AI Models—And It’s a Big Deal for Healthcare and Life Sciences - Petrie-Flom CenterImagine you’re a researcher developing an AI model, such as an algorithm or other computer process, that can predict early-stage cancer using data from thousands of patient records. You’ve been carefu... 000
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Interesting news 'Five Dutch universities are experimenting with alternative European cloud' via Vox (Radboud's online magazine) www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/five-... (now curious to chat w/ some NL-based researchers on that!)voxweb.nlFive Dutch universities are experimenting with alternative European cloud - Vox magazineScientists from five Dutch universities are experimenting with a cloud system that could provide an alternative to Microsoft365. Radboud University is watching the developments with interest. 031
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinFabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025"Italy’s national union for journalists has submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome after Giorgia Meloni’s government shut down questions in parliament over suspicions it had illegally used spyware technology to hack the phones of critics" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...theguardian.comJournalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claimsUnion submits criminal complaint to prosecutors as ministers refuse to answer questions about alleged hacks 02310
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Back in 2023, Frank Rademakers invited us to join a collective work to publish the results of CORE-MD (an EU project on AI-based high-risk medical devices). The findings from the project are now available in NPJ 👇 011
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinEuropean Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness @ewafworkshop.bsky.social · 22/11/2024🚨Call for Papers #EWAF2025🚨 We are very excited to invite submissions (full papers and extended abstracts) for the European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness #EWAF2025, happening June 30 - July 2, 2025, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands! 2025.ewaf.org/submitting/c...2025.ewaf.orgEWAF'25 - Call for PapersImportant Dates Submission deadline: Thursday, March 13, 2025 Acceptance notifications: Monday, May 5, 2025 051
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinNathalie A. Smuha @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Delighted to announce the 5th(!) edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI. - Dates: 30 June - 9 July - Apply: 10 Feb - 17 March - Info: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc... We'll celebrate this jubileum with some special activities which we hope you'll join!👇 (1/2) 11610
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Going to the Bicocca Privacy Day tomorrow! I've also joined in 2023 & had a great time; many speakers had a critical pov. Tomorrow, I will speak about issues of health data sharing/EHDS, patients' privacy + collective trust in EU public healthcare systems +info here: www.unimib.it/eventi/bicoc... 020
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Use of AI in clinical settings to support healthcare professionals seems to be a trend. In the Netherlands there's an interesting case at UMC Groeningen. 1/ www.techzine.eu/news/applica...techzine.euDutch hospital now uses AI chatbot to answer patient questions, a first in EuropeThe Dutch-based UMCG hospital is now answering questions from patients with the help of AI. However, it's still only medical professionals who are 110
Elisabetta Biasin @bisilisib.bsky.social · 21/01/2025While writing chapter on inaccuracy and harms, I came across the O'Neill Institute Healthcare Litigation Tracker. quite interesting; worth a check for health law aficionados! litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu Already 3 cases on healthcare AI, incl Unitedhealth, Humana, Cignalitigationtracker.law.georgetown.eduHealth Care Litigation TrackerOur Team We’re the experts on health care litigation. We’re here to make the process of navigating and understanding health care litigation easy. Katie Keith, J.D., M.P.H. On public service leave from... 000
Reposted by Elisabetta BiasinCiTiP KU Leuven @citip.bsky.social · 16/01/2025🚀 Hello BlueSky community! We’re CiTiP, leading research center on law and technology focusing on: ✅ Data protection & privacy ✅ AI, Data and Robotics ✅ IP ✅(Cyber)security ✅ and many more Join us for insights and collaborations! Let’s shape the future together: www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/enlaw.kuleuven.beCentre for IT & IP LawCiTiP is the center for IT & IP Law at the KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology. 0146