STATE POLICY OF HEALTHCARE DIGITALIZATION ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Abstract

The article provides an administrative and legal understanding of the processes of digitalization of healthcare in the context of the active implementation of medical information technologies and artificial intelligence. The author proves that the digital transformation of the industry is becoming systemic and is changing the traditional model of public administration, orienting it to functioning within a single digital environment based on the processing of significant amounts of medical data. It is emphasized that along with this, a set of legal challenges arise, in particular, the fragmentation of regulatory regulation, insufficient coordination of legal mechanisms and the lag of legislation from the pace of technological development, which creates risks of legal uncertainty and complicates the effective use of digital tools. The paper analyzes the current state of scientific approaches to the digitalization of healthcare and establishes their predominantly technological focus. The author justifies the need to deepen the administrative and legal dimension of research in this area, in particular in terms of institutional support, control procedures, certification and determination of legal liability. It is noted that existing scientific developments form an important basis for understanding the practical significance of digital solutions, but they require systematization through the prism of public administration, including determining the legal status of digital systems and unifying approaches to their functioning. A special emphasis is placed on the issue of the use of artificial intelligence in the medical field, which is considered through the prism of legal certainty, security, transparency and respect for human rights. Based on the analysis of national legislation and the European approach, namely the provisions of the AI Act of the European Union, the author justifies the absence of a holistic regulatory model in this area in Ukraine and the existence of a gap between the development of digital infrastructure and proper legal support for the use of algorithmic systems. As a result, the need to form systemic administrative and legal principles of the state policy of digitalization of healthcare, aimed at streamlining the use of artificial intelligence, increasing the efficiency of management processes and ensuring an adequate level of protection of patients’ rights, is emphasized.