The government wants to steer policy towards good competition in digital markets, as stated in the policy published on Friday. government program. ‘We strengthen the Dutch AI ecosystem by facilitating access for companies, researchers and governments to supercomputers, high-quality knowledge and data. This creates the preconditions for developing advanced AI and building knowledge about it.’
AI should alleviate problems in healthcare, among other things. If we can halve the administrative time to around 20 percent of working time, we will have achieved this for the coming years, the government states. The possibilities that generative artificial intelligence (AI) has in healthcare are revolutionary. With AI, the doctor can have a patient file summarized, which saves a lot of preparation time. A practical test shows that the administrative time of a consultation can be reduced from 7 minutes to less than 16 seconds. With the help of AI, even concept letters and e-mails can be generated automatically, both in the jargon of the medical specialist and in language that the patient can understand.
Pioneers in the introduction of generative AI in hospital care are showing how this can be done safely and carefully. The government will prioritize the legislation and regulations required for this and support the pioneers in their promising goal: #NooitMeerTikken. Diagnostic AI will be provided with a medical-ethical framework. The government will accelerate the improvement of data availability and data exchange in healthcare and welfare. In doing so, the government pays close attention to privacy and data security. The starting point is that citizens have the choice to make data available or not by means of an opt-out.
The investment program Invest-NL will receive additional resources up to and including 2029, which will increase its impact. Part of this will be used to strengthen the core capital, which will contribute to the growth of startups into scale-ups. In addition, Invest-NL will be given the opportunity to expand blended finance in order to address bottlenecks in corporate financing. This will provide additional support to innovative SMEs to continue to grow and will further increase the social impact of Invest-NL.
The government is working on a digitally resilient and safe society. In doing so, the government is adhering to the Dutch Cybersecurity Strategy 2022-2028 and is expanding the underlying action plan through a solid implementation of the Cybersecurity Act (Cbw). This is expected to come into effect in 2025. This will oblige more than 8,000 organizations in the Netherlands to take measures to increase their digital resilience.
Finally, the government is investing structurally in tackling cybercrime and digitalised crime. ‘In 2025, we will determine for which cybercrime offences higher sentences will be possible. The government is committed to strengthening digital law enforcement, including through targeted investments in the police and criminal justice chain and improving access to digital data for investigation.’
It is also essential that the central government works more intensively with municipalities, provinces and water boards, from implementation to policy. With digitally skilled civil servants at the base. Citizens and companies have the right to understandable and close government services. To achieve this, the basis must be in order with safe and well-functioning systems, correct data exchange and smart use of technology such as cloud, quantum and AI. The government also continues to focus on safeguarding public values when using new technologies.
Recent disruptions that have affected many governments show that service provision without digitalization leads to stagnation, unrest and vulnerability.
Source: www.emerce.nl
