Setting the Standard: The EU AI Act’s Impact on Healthcare AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries worldwide, but its impact is most pronounced in healthcare. Recent data shows that healthcare continues to lead all industries in AI adoption. According to the 2025 Stanford AI Index, 42% of healthcare organizations globally reported regular use of AI in 2024, a figure projected to rise to 45% by […]
Regulation of AI-Driven HealthTech in the UAE
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various sectors, with healthcare being one of the most significant beneficiaries. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the integration of AI-driven applications into healthcare systems promises to enhance patient care, streamline operations, and improve diagnostic accuracy. However, this transformation also brings forth challenges related to regulation, […]
Decoding the WHO Considerations on AI Regulations for Health
On 19 October, 2023, the World Health Organization, in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union, released a draft listing key regulatory considerations for AI in healthcare (“Considerations”). This draft provides six considerations for regulating AI used in healthcare, and recommendations for enacting such regulations. The WHO communicated in its intent behind these Considerations that innovation […]
AI in Healthcare Part 4: A Global Overview of AI Legislation
– Shantanu Mukherjee, Anushka Iyer, Shruti Gupta, Gaea Sukumar BACKGROUND In Part 3 of our series on AI in Healthcare, we looked at AI legislation in various stages in the EU, US, UK, Singapore, India, and China. In this piece, we continue our review of the current or proposed AI regulations in the US, South […]
Fitness Wearables and the Law in India – Part 3
– Shantanu Mukherjee and Anushka Iyer[1] RECAP & INTRODUCTION In a world where watches and rings can continuously monitor essential human biomarkers, the distinction between a fitness wearable and a medical device, and that between a patient and a consumer, has significantly blurred. While new wearable devices like smart watches and rings continue to be […]
AI in Healthcare Part 3: A Global Overview of AI Legislation
By Shantanu Mukherjee and Anushka Iyer INTRODUCTION In Part 2 of our series on AI in Healthcare, we examined the key legal and ethical challenges arising from the increasing use and adoption of AI, including issues related to data privacy, transparency, algorithmic bias, and product liability. In the months since the launch and sensational success […]
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Part 2
By Shantanu Mukherjee and Anushka Iyer* INTRODUCTION “Our future is a race between the growing power of technology, and the wisdom with which we use it.” – Stephen Hawking. As we noted in Part 1[1] of our ongoing series on ‘AI in Healthcare’, ChatGPT proved phenomenally successful within days of its launch. This led to […]
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Part 1
By Shantanu Mukherjee and Hrishika Girijan INTRODUCTION OpenAI’s[1] chatbot, ChatGPT, has been the talk of the tech town for over a week. More than a million people signed up to test it, and hundreds of screenshots of ChatGPT conversations went viral soon after. Since then, it’s been called a Google[2] Killer, banned by the popular programming forum Stack Overflow[3] […]
Health Data Privacy: Why the Law Matters
By Shantanu Mukherjee and Amruth Rao[1] On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), and held that the American Constitution does not confer upon its citizens the right to abortion. In doing so, the Court allowed the states to […]
Oracle, Cerner, and The Quest For Healthcare Data
Shantanu Mukherjee and Amruth Rao[1] On 7th June 2021, Oracle announced that it had completed the acquisition of Cerner in a USD 28.3 billion, all-cash deal. Oracle, the world’s second-largest software company by revenue, is best known for its database software products and cloud services. Cerner, the second-largest healthcare IT company in the U.S. provides […]
