The AI4HF project was recently featured at the Digital Public Health (DPH) 2025 Conference, where Miriam Cabrita (SHINE 2Europe) gave a presentation titled “Integrating Participatory Research and Literature Review to Identify Social and Ethical Requirements for Responsible AI in Heart Failure Treatment.”
The presentation highlighted how the AI4HF project combines research with input from patients, clinicians, and other stakeholders to ensure that AI tools for heart failure care are not only technically effective, but also fair, ethical, and relevant to real-world healthcare settings.
A key focus of the talk was on building trust in AI, addressing potential bias, and improving communication between healthcare providers and patients. The project’s approach aims to connect technical development with the social impact of these technologies, helping ensure they meet both scientific and societal needs.
By involving experts from different disciplines including engineering, healthcare, and social sciences, AI4HF is working to create AI systems that are both robust and socially responsible. This approach can also be adapted for use in other areas of digital health.
The presentation was developed by members of the AI4HF consortium, with contributions from Dr. Stefan Buijsman (Delft University of Technology), the project’s Ethics Advisor, who supports the team in integrating ethical principles throughout the project.
The work will be published in the IEEE Proceedings of the DPH Conference, contributing to ongoing discussions on responsible and inclusive digital health technologies.
The DPH 2025 Conference, hosted by the UCL Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies, brought together more than 100 professionals from a variety of backgrounds to share insights on the future of public health.
Authors:
Miriam Cabrita, Natália Machado, Harm op den Akker (SHINE 2Europe)
Isabella Cinà (formerly European Heart Network)
Joan Perramon Llussà (Universitat de Barcelona)
Saskia Haitjema (University Medical Center Utrecht)
Andreas Triantafyllidis (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas)
Stefan Buijsman (Delft University of Technology)
