Episode 10A · International

Making ethics actionable in digital health

Jess Morley · Digital Ethics Center, Yale University

Jan 2025

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About this episode

What does it actually mean to make ethics actionable - not just aspirational? Jess Morley shares hot takes on the UK's AI Action Plan, Ethics 101 for vendors and policy folk, how health system leaders can elevate ethical approaches in their ecosystems, and what builders at health tech companies can do when ethical imperatives meet business realities.

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“Don't fall foul of AI exceptionalism.”
Jess Morley

What we cover

01What the UK's AI Action Plan reveals about the state of ethics in the digital health industry
02How health system leaders and governments can elevate ethical approaches - what levers are available
03How product leaders, founders, and engineers can negotiate for ethical approaches against business realities
04Ethics 101 for vendors, researchers, and policy folk
05What leaders in LMIC settings can take away from the ethics debate in high-income countries

About the guest

Jess Morley

Digital Ethics Center, Yale University

Jess Morley is a researcher at the Digital Ethics Center at Yale University. She previously worked with NHSX and contributed to the Goldacre review in 2022, and has deep expertise on ethics, AI governance, and health policy.

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How to develop AI that addresses health inequities

Joe Alderman · NHS Anaesthetist and NIHR Clinical Lecturer in AI, University of Birmingham

Joe Alderman has a rare double view: anaesthetist by night, AI academic by day. His insights on what it takes to deploy and monitor AI in healthcare - with a lens on not leaving people behind - are relevant wherever in the world you are. We cover health data poverty, the STANDING Together initiative, algorithmic bias, LLM safety for patients and clinicians, anti-patterns in the industry, and what people building in low-resource settings specifically need to think about.

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Feb 2025

Ethics for digital health companies

Jess Morley · Digital Ethics Center, Yale University

A special bonus episode: a focused cut of the conversation with Jess Morley on making ethics a real business priority for digital health companies - not a nice-to-have. How do you stop your ethical initiative from getting kicked down the roadmap when good intentions meet business realities?