WHO warns Europe on healthcare AI: deployment is outpacing safety rul…

WHO survey finds 65% of European countries deploy AI in clinical diagnostics and 50% run patient chatbots, yet only 8% have health-specific AI strategies and fewer than half have reviewed whether existing laws cover AI liability and safety. The gap leaves room for unexplained diagnoses, staff unfamiliar with tools, and unclear accountability when systems fail. You're selling healthcare AI into Europe and deployed it before the rules landed - that's now a liability and a market access problem. Regulators are writing accountability rules in real time around live systems; the first vendors to build explainability and audit trails into their products will own the compliance moat.