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How public-private partnerships can help real-world data and AI to take-off in health

How can IHI and IMI projects harness the opportunities posed by real-world data and AI to make Europe a leader in digital health?

02 April 2025
Harnessing real-world data and AI effectively while protecting people's privacy could have an immense impact on health. Image credit: Adobe Stock.
Harnessing real-world data and AI effectively while protecting people's privacy could have an immense impact on health. Image credit: Adobe Stock.

On 1-2 October 2024, we organised a workshop in Brussels examining how our projects have faced the challenges and exploited the opportunities regarding real-world data, digital health and artificial intelligence in Europe.

The potential of AI and RWD for healthcare is immense – 30% of the world’s data volume is generated by the healthcare industry and according to a report by MedTech Europe, between 380,000 and 403,000 lives could be saved per year by AI. In addition, the Draghi report estimates that gains of EUR 55-95 billion per year are estimated from use cases of AI in the pharma and medical device industries worldwide.

But the roll-out of real-world data and AI solutions across European healthcare systems can’t be achieved without tackling some common problems, like data interoperability, a lack of trust in AI, the need for training healthcare professionals to use new tools, harmonisation of data, regulatory hurdles, and more. How can IHI and IMI, as public-private partnerships, address those issues? Read our event report to find out!