Proceedings of the MDX 2025 Health IT Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Legal, Ethical, Social & Governance Aspects

Emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, blockchain, mobile apps, social media, social robots, virtual reality) continue to play an integral role in the provision of healthcare spanning fields such as digital health, mHealth, telemedicine, telecare and telehealth. International institutions, like the European Commission and World Health Organization, have steadfastly promoted the use of technologies to transform the healthcare sector and to facilitate cross-border services. Healthcare technologies are useful in providing direct access to healthcare and in facilitating and supporting healthcare-related functions. Examples include medical data storage (electronic health or medical records, cloud computing), data sharing (locally, nationally, and across borders), data analytics, and access to healthcare services. Policy makers and businesses continue to seek ways to use healthcare technologies to provide benefits to stakeholders including patients, healthcare professionals, clinics and hospitals, governments, research initiatives, and business ventures. These and other developments in healthcare technologies bring challenges that raise questions spanning legal, ethical, social, and governance concerns, particularly for the scale-up and implementation of health IT. This workshop primarily focuses on legal, ethical, social and governance aspects of new and emerging technologies in healthcare as well as developments regarding regulatory and ethical frameworks.

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Please cite as: George, C., Whitehouse, D. and Duquenoy, P. (eds.) 2025. Proceedings of the MDX 2025 Health IT Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Legal, Ethical, Social & Governance Aspects. Middlesex University.