The Director of the Digital Transformation Department of the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ihor Lysenko, joined the international forum Nexus Health Forum in Belgium. The main topic of discussion was the future of artificial intelligence systems in medicine and the instruments of their state regulation.
The event brought together representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the United Nations Development Programme, the WHO Academy, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the NATO Innovation Fund and other leading institutions.
During the Forum, Ihor Lysenko took part in the panel discussion "State as Architect: How Countries Deploy Digital Public Health & AI" together with representatives of UNDP, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and ITU.
The Director of the Digital Transformation Department of the Center spoke about Ukraine's unique path of digitalization, where the extreme conditions of war became not an obstacle but a powerful catalyst for innovation.
In his speech, he also focused on the key features of Ukrainian innovations:
- Speed and an agile approach at the state level: Ukraine does not wait years for changes to be implemented. Initiatives, the development of IT systems, the adaptation of legislation and the testing of pilots take place in parallel.
- Scale of eHealth and European standards: The Ukrainian electronic healthcare system is currently one of the largest in Europe – more than 5 billion medical records for more than 34 million patients. For example, the full implementation of the European eCTD format took only 2,5 years instead of the 7 years customary for many European countries.
- Transition to an "Agentic State": Ukraine is changing the paradigm of interaction with citizens. The strategy of the Ministry of Digital Transformation envisages a course towards Agentic State governance. Instead of passive responses to requests, the state ambitiously plans to move towards the proactive work of AI-based digital agents (LLMs), which change the logic of interaction with the state.
The discussion showed that decisions in medicine that are influenced by AI require greater responsibility and transparency. All algorithms must take into account legal and ethical norms – because they affect the treatment and health of people.
Today the main goal of the Center is to create a full-fledged "Digital Hub". It will help systematize medical data, forecast the situation more accurately and make balanced decisions. This will also prepare Ukraine's healthcare system for the use of AI in the future.
