Data and data privacy impact assessments in the context of AI research and practice in the UK
Artificial intelligence (AI) projects in healthcare research and practice require approval from information governance (IG) teams within relevant healthcare providers. Navigating this approval process has been highlighted as a key challenge for AI innovation in healthcare by many stakeholders focused on the development and adoption of AI. Data privacy and impact assessments are a part of the approval process which is often identified as the focal point for these challenges. This perspective reports insights from a multidisciplinary workshop aiming to characterise challenges and explore potential solutions collaboratively. Themes around the variation in AI technologies, governance processes and stakeholder perspectives arose, highlighting the need for training initiatives, communities of practice and the standardization of governance processes and structures across NHS Trusts.
Authors
- N. Woznitza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9598-189X)
- J Kevin Dunbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-5851)
- Leandro Innocentini Lopes de Faria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8369-1315)
- Xiaoxuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1286-0038)
- Henry David Jeffry Hogg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8044-7790)
- Joanne Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1186-802X)
- Fiona J. Gilbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-9962)
- Alastair Keith Denniston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7849-0087)
- Jonathan Nash
- Carla Brackstone
Institutions
- Canterbury Christ Church University (GB)
- Birmingham City University (GB)
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (US)
- British Thoracic Society (GB)
- University College Birmingham (GB)
- Cambridge School (PT)
- Kheiron Medical Technologies (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Health Services
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2025.1525955
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre