This book is a collection of essays written by keynote speakers who have been part of the event titled "Digitalisation in Health Care between New Technologies, Data and Research", a convenium organised at Ca' Foscari University of Venice in November 2024. The book explores the benefits and challenges of the healthcare system, which has profoundly revolutionised with the advent of the digital age. In the medical field, digitization and datification are much more than technical processes: on the one hand, technologies and algorithms are involved, including AI systems; on the other hand, those tools have a significant impact on health practices and services at an organizational level, on the concrete performance of diagnosis and intervention, on the rights of natural persons, first and foremost the right to health and the right to data protection. The book is an interesting read for researchers, industry personnel, and policymakers.

Alessandro Bernes, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Private Law at the Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He has substantial experience in legal issues related to data processing for scientific, historical, and statistical research purposes. His studies focus on how to foster research data sharing by implementing technical and organisational measures in order to better ensure the protection of individuals. He has published articles and essays in various scientific academic journals on personal data protection, and he co-authored a book on privacy and data protection in software services for an international publisher. He is the principal investigator of the Italian project of national interest PRIN 2022 PNRR “PADS4Health”.
 
Shaira Thobani, Ph.D., is an associate professor of private law at the Department of Law, University of Turin. She has extensive experience with data protection and management issues addressed from a private law perspective. In this field, her main research areas include the requirements for consent of the data subject to be valid, the market of personal data and the private law remedies (civil liability) in case of violation of the right to personal data protection. She is also an associate principal investigator of the Italian project of national interest PRIN 2022 PNRR “PADS4Health”.