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Data Hungry AI: Balancing the Protection of Patient Data with Innovation in the European Union’s Remote Healthcare Systems
Authors: Mutale, Chisanga
Publisher: University of Turku
Publication year: 2025
Journal:Insights
Issue: 16.9.2025
eISSN: 2984-5246
Web address : https://insights.utu.fi/data-hungry-ai-balancing-the-protection-of-patient-data-with-innovation-in-the-european-unions-remote-healthcare-systems/
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/499950863
Integrating AI in remote patient monitoring systems (RPMS) has advanced patient care in the European Union. Still, it raises data compliance challenges under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) due to AI’s need for vast data. In this paper, I examine this conflict with the GDPR principle of data minimisation and posit that the enforcement of the GDPR alongside the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) will cushion this conflict. I conclude by highlighting that the coming into force of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will help balance the dilemma between the need to uphold the principle of data minimisation and allow AI-driven scientific progress.
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