With the support of the AI Ethics Lab at Erasmus MC – co-founded by internist-intensivist Michel van Genderen, Project Coordinator of INDICATE – TU Delft Digital Ethics Centre is accredited by the World Health Organization (WHO). From now on, the centre will advise the WHO on ethical aspects and regulations regarding AI in healthcare. Below you will find an interview with Michel van Genderen in Skipr – one of the Dutch national magazines about innovation in healthcare.

TU Delft and Erasmus MC will advise WHO on responsible AI in healthcare

TU Delft’s Digital Ethics Centre will advise the World Health Organization (WHO) on ethical and legal aspects of AI in healthcare. The research centre, which works closely with Erasmus MC, has been accredited as an official cooperation partner.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential for healthcare, but integration and implementation are struggling. Applications do not find their way to the workplace or suffer from bias. As a consultant Ethics and Governance of AI in Healthcare, TU Delft will help the World Health Organisation uphold ethical principles and healthcare standards and values. Among other things, by translating guidelines into practice. ‘Together with WHO, we have already drafted frameworks for responsible use of AI and Generative AI in healthcare,’ says Stefan Buijsman, associate professor of Responsible AI TU Delft. ‘Now they are approaching us to start making this concrete. How will it work in practice?’

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Michel van Genderen: ‘‘AI can only improve healthcare if we have a good ethical foundation.’

Read the full interview here.

Source: Skipr
Date: March 10, 2025