Editorial: Governance of emerging health-related technologies

Abstract

We are witnessing a rapid development and implementation of new technologies, with a promise to greatly improve many aspects of health care and the public health system (diagnosis and treatment, surveillance and outbreak response, drug and medical devices development). Among the health-related innovations are human genome editing, artificial intelligence (AI) and telemedicine. But these transformative technologies "simultaneously raise important ethical and social issues, including how to fairly distribute their benefits and risks" (National