Organised by Spain’s Nursing Union SATSE, the event brought together 900 nurses and allied healthcare professionals, researchers, and international union leaders to examine the future of care in the digital age, focusing on balancing technological innovation with human-centred care, and the necessity to drive an insightful transformation that will place care at the centre of the healthcare systems.
Invited as keynote speaker, EFN Secretary General gave an overview on EFN work on Artificial Intelligence and raised the importance to make sure that AI supports nursing care and that nursing leaders and frontline nurses, as end-users, are always included in the co-design of AI and EU legislation on AI. Nurses’ input to the interoperability of digital healthcare systems and health data (EHDS) and co-design is key for better outcomes for the healthcare systems.
Furthermore, EFN Secretary General took this opportunity to inform the participants on the two EU funded projects the EFN is involved in: KEEPCARING – dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and resilience of healthcare professionals in EU hospital settings; and ICUDATA4EU – addressing the challenge of enabling secure, interoperable and privacy-preserving secondary use of intensive care unit (ICU) data across Europe, raising their key aims and latest developments.