1、1 Contribution to the discussion on the European Commissions Data Strategy and AI White Paper Report by the EIT Health Consultative Group, 31st May 2020 EIT Health is supported by the EIT a body of the European Union Introduction EIT Health welcomes the European Commissions White Paper on AI and the
2、 Communication on a European Strategy for Data of 19 February 2020. EIT Health is a network of approximately 150 partners, made up of leading organisations and institutions from academia, business, research and healthcare delivery brought together to answer some of the biggest healthcare and ageing
3、challenges facing our society today. As a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Health collaborates across borders via: innovation projects, entrepreneurship/business creation, and professional education incubation. EIT Health has
4、set up a small Consultative Group (CG) of senior leaders from some of its partner organisations to provide views on policy issues in health innovation raised by the European Commission or other European Institutions. The Group does not seek consensus, but rather intends to provide informed views to
5、support policymakers with evidence and thoughtful reflections from the coal face of innovation in the sector. The EIT Health CG provides this document as a contribution to the related public consultations and, more generally, as input to EU-level policymaking. Separately from this document, the EIT
6、Health CEO will propose EIT Health actions to advance the data and AI health innovation ecosystem in Europe. Although the discussions of the CG began before the COVID-19 pandemic had made a significant impact in Europe, it has necessarily sharpened our reflections on issues of data and AI and the wi