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Hannah van Kolfschooten

@hvkolfschooten

• (EU) Health Law Lecturer @ University of Amsterdam • Law, ethics & policy of AI in health • Technology, health & human rights • AI Policy @ Health Action International • Prev. @ Harvard Law

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Addictive Algorithms and the Digital Fairness Act: A New Chapter in EU Public Health Policy? - Petrie-Flom Center Picture a typical teenager waking up. Before even getting out of bed, they’ve already scrolled through TikTok, checked Instagram, and responded to Snapchat notifications.

petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/20/a...

20.08.2025 20:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Period tracking apps raise considerable risks & challenges to rights, including data privacy. In countries where reproductive rights are threatened this data can have serious consequences. @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social
& @aliceebeck.bsky.social explain more: haiweb.org/period-track...

02.07.2025 08:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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In a @bmj.com Response, @nicolegross.bsky.social, @aliceebeck.bsky.social &I argue that important gaps remain in the EU AI Act when it comes to the protection of patients' rights. Such regulatory pitfalls risk undermining public trust, safety, and equity ➡️ Read lnkd.in/eedZMKZY @hai-org.bsky.social

07.05.2025 12:53 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Out now in EYHR: 𝐀 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬’ 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥. How can doctors & informal carers make informed decisions about AI tools in a way that respects patients’ rights? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

22.04.2025 09:49 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Before using AI tools for mental health, ensure you understand their privacy policies. We heard privacy concerns raised when we talked to people on the streets of Amsterdam. What steps can we take to ensure our private information stays private? 🎬 Watch the full video: lnkd.in/eKqn3dNU

22.04.2025 09:13 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Patiëntenrechten ondergesneeuwd met de opkomst van AI Specifieke wet- en regelgeving om patiënten te beschermen tegen de gevolgen van artificial intelligence (AI) ontbreken in Europa. Dat zegt jurist en onderzoeker Hannah van Kolfschooten. “We hebben allerlei manieren om de rechten van patiënten te beschermen. Er is alleen geen vertaalslag naar de gevolgen van het gebruik van AI in de zorg.”
31.03.2025 12:54 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Vandaag in @volkskrant.nl: een interview over mijn proefschrift. “Juist patiënten die minder gezond zijn, of niet goed met een chatbot overweg kunnen, komen op grotere gezondheidsachterstand. Omdat zij niet de doelgroep van zo’n AI-systeem zijn.”

Lees meer: www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/d...

19.03.2025 09:29 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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In #SwissMedicalWeekly, I raise concerns about the growing reliance on genAI systems, such as ChatGPT, in medicine. Unlike purpose-built healthcare chatbots, these tools are not specifically designed for healthcare.They lack the safeguards of certified medical chatbots. 📖 smw.ch/index.php/sm...

17.03.2025 11:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Patient Rights in the Age of AI: Hannah van Kolfschooten Defends Her PhD at the UvA - LHL On March 6, 2025, Hannah van Kolfschooten from Law for Health and Life defended her dissertation, "Patients’ Rights Protection and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare in the European Union."

Congratulations to Dr. @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD on ‘Patients’ Rights Protection and AI in Healthcare in the EU’ at UVA under the guidance of Johan Legemaate, @deruijter.bsky.social, and Kristina Irion. bit.ly/3F5Qad6

07.03.2025 18:02 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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What an incredible milestone for our colleague, @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social, who earned her well-deserved PhD yesterday! Hannah’s research delves into how patient rights can be safeguarded amid the rapid advancements of AI technologies in healthcare. Congratulations, Dr. Van Kolfschooten!

07.03.2025 14:23 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I spoke with the @uvalawschool.bsky.social about my dissertation "Patients' Rights Protection and Artificial Intelligence in the European Union". We talked about ambulance software, prediction of intellectual development in babies, hypes, risks, and rights. Read more 👉 www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...

27.02.2025 16:16 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Towards an EU Charter of Digital Patients’ Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - LHL Hannah van Kolfschooten recently published an article in Digital Society titled “Towards an EU Charter of Digital Patients’ Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”.

Is AI in healthcare outpacing legal protections? In Digital Society, @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social from Law for Health and Life proposes an EU Charter of Digital Patients’ Rights—adapting privacy & consent and introducing new safeguards for AI-driven care.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4gUBb2Z

21.02.2025 08:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Dank! Het is een compilatie van artikelen die allemaal open access gepubliceerd zijn, zie hier een overzicht: hannahvankolfschooten.com/research/.

17.02.2025 22:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis as US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds: health scholar explains why US withdrawal from the WHO and of all foreign aid will have dire consequences for Africa. It’s time the continent took responsibility for its own people.

theconversation.com/healthcare-i...

16.02.2025 11:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bescherming van patiëntenrechten en artificiële intelligentie in de gezondheidszorg in de Europese Unie Hannah van Kolfschooten promoveert op het proefschrift: 'Patients’ rights protection and Artificial Intelligence in healthcare in the European Union'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. J. Legemaate en prof. dr. mr. A. de Ruijter. Copromotor is dr. K. Irion.

Op 6 maart promoveert @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social op het proefschrift: 'Patients’ rights protection and Artificial Intelligence in healthcare in the EU'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. J. Legemaate en prof. @deruijter.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4aNarA2 #GezondheidsRecht #EU #PatientenRechten #AI

06.02.2025 13:00 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Out today: the sixth and final paper of my PhD dissertation on patients' rights protection & AI. In this paper in #DigitalSociety🔓 I propose an 𝑬𝑼 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔’ 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 to address the specific challenges presented by AI technologies in this sector. Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s442...

05.02.2025 14:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Counting down the days for my PhD defence @ University of Amsterdam! 🌟@uvalawschool.bsky.social

01.02.2025 12:42 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Although the #WEF25 claims to be a place for tackling issues like climate change, poverty and inequality, participants continue to drive environmental degradation and climate breakdown both with their #privatejets lifestyles.

This has to change.

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22.01.2025 13:04 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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Interesting panel (or should I say MANel - where are the women?) about improving efficiency in healthcare with AI at #AIHouseDavos. The panellists named regulation as the biggest constrain for AI implementation. I would like to argue the opposite. #WEF2025

23.01.2025 10:36 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#AIRA is a three-year project with the aims of mapping the uses of artificial intelligence that affect the lives of autistic people, and building up the capacity of autistic people to advocate for themselves. Join today's webinar! ⭐ eucap.eu/aira/

21.01.2025 10:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#AI in #mentalhealthcare offers interesting opportunities. Yet, AI also introduces a set of new risks that extend beyond individual patients to broader societal concerns. Read our policy brief with (legal) recommendations here 👉: lnkd.in/eFzWXK_Q 🤖

@hai-org.bsky.social

14.01.2025 14:58 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Curious about the implications of the EU AI Act for healthcare? In #HealthPolicy we give an overview of the new legal obligations for relevant stakeholders (doctors, hospitals, developers…) 🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

13.12.2024 14:14 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Could you add me please? :) I work on EU law & policy on tech in healthcare

13.12.2024 11:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bringing this over: our paper on health, intersectionality and climate litigation in the @HarvHumRtsJ! 🍀 Wonderful collaboration with @hvkolfschooten.bsky.social and @amintaossom.bsky.social on this important topic. journals.law.harvard.edu/hrj/current/

06.12.2024 00:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Interesting event at the Health Ethics & Policy Lab at
@ethzurich.bsky.social. Visualizing digital regulation in an interactive tool for health policymakers is exactly what we need right now. Let’s focus on better regulation for health AI - not less. 💫

03.12.2024 13:50 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Blog - The ‘Sarco Suicide Pod’ and Beyond: AI in the Future of End-of-Life Decisions? - Bioethics Today Recent headlines have reignited the debate on assisted dying in light of technological advancements. Last month, the controversial 'Sarco suicide pod’

Last month, the Sarco suicide pod was first used in Switzerland. On #BioethicsToday I question whether #AI systems will redefine how society navigates #end-of-life choices. Are legal and ethical frameworks ready to respond to this challenge?▶️ bioethicstoday.org/blog/the-sar... #healthAI #medicalAI

28.11.2024 08:04 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Hannah van Kolfschooten, Towards an EU Charter of Digital Patients' Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - PhilPapers The rapid advancement of digital health innovation, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), is transforming healthcare. The growing role the European Union (EU) plays in regulating the use of AI in he...

New preprint: Towards an EU Charter of Digital Patients' Rights in the Age of #AI. In this paper, I propose the blueprint for an "EU Charter for Digital Patients' Rights", consolidating & adapting rights for #patients to address tech-specific challenges📖 philpapers.org/rec/VANTAE-17
#digitalhealth

27.11.2024 15:15 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Hi Stefan, could you add me please? :)

27.11.2024 08:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hi! Thanks for this - could you add me as well? :)

26.11.2024 11:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nice meeting you! Could you add me please? 🤖

24.11.2024 13:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0