Europe’s health systems in 2025 are finally keeping track with the global healthcare digitalization, as the World Health Organization (WHO) released it first major study on how countries apply AI-assisted diagnostics as trials expand, and how the digital health Europe landscape shapes this momentum.
European governments say AI is becoming a fundamental part of easing the pressure on hospitals and cutting waiting times.
Most of the 50 European countries questioned are now using AI, with diagnostics leading at 64%. This reflects the strong activity in health tech Europe.
Europe Healthcare Digital Transformation
France, Portugal, Hungary, Sweden, and the Netherlands, already use AI-assisted diagnostics in full clinical settings, with Spain, Poland, Belgium, Serbia, and Ukraine, following suits in testing AI tools.
Their progress is frequently discussed in debates on EU AI Act health data news.
In Slovakia, one radiotherapy project implemented the use of AI software that automated organ contouring. According to WHO, that cuts oncologists’ time by 50%, keeping modern international standards. These findings have been discussed frequently in the AI ACT healthcare forums.
Many countries report using chatbots in support of patients, and these increasing adoptions are very closely watched in EU AI Act healthcare policymaking circles. Among leaders in structured AI use are France and Spain.
Their leadership is often linked to pilot projects created for supporting Europe AI personalized medicine. While the UK uses AI chatbots formally, it relies on informal uses for most other tools. Such developments feed into broader Europe AI medicine discussions.
Legal uncertainty remains the biggest challenge reported by 86% of countries, an issue which occurs often in conversations about AI in EU healthcare planning.
This is also a concern for many governments on how AI affects privacy rules. And this concern is important to EU patient data privacy debates. Digital health Europe is a wider move toward modernization to fulfill future plans.
New startups and tools keep emerging, boosting the region’s Europe healthtech ecosystem. Moreover, multiple national pilots have shown early success, adding momentum to European health AI adoption.
It also notes that countries are working to build stronger EU AI health systems as they expand digital tools.
EU Launches COMPASS AI
The European Commission has launched COMPASS AI, under its “Apply AI Strategy”, to foster safe and trustworthy AI in health, with a particular focus on cancer care and remote areas.
The program will establish a digital platform for best practices and training that fits within the agenda of digital health Europe.
“AI has the potential to transform healthcare by advancing precision medicine through enhancing prevention, speeding up clinical trials, improving diagnostic accuracy, optimising treatment decision-making and by streamlining workflows,” said Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
The initiative will involve hospitals, experts, and professional groups and will support clinical adoption. In fact, improving literacy and building trust are the ways in which the EU aims at making health care the first beneficiary sector of reliable European AI, which is one of the priorities of digital health Europe.
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