Robots in healthcare: a solution or a problem?
This report summarises the presentations and discussions of a workshop on the use of robots and AI in healthcare, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The aim of the workshop was to provide background information and advice for Members of the ENVI Committee on the status and prospects of applying robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) based technologies in healthcare. The first part of the workshop focused on the practical application of AI and robots in healthcare, while the second part examined the ethical implications and responsibilities of AI and robotic based technologies in healthcare.
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Zrinjka DOLIC, Milieu Consulting Rosa CASTRO, Milieu Consulting Andrei MOARCAS, Milieu Consulting
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Policy area
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- artificial intelligence
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- ethics
- health
- health care
- health care system
- health technology
- humanities
- impact of information technology
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- medical computing
- medical data
- medical device
- robotics
- SCIENCE
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS