Poland’s Ministry of Health has signed an agreement with HealthAI to prepare for joining its Global Regulatory Network. Announced on 22 October, the memorandum begins structured cooperation on healthcare-AI oversight and creates a route towards full membership.[1]
A HealthAI spokesperson told Reuters that the agreement establishes a one-year cooperation framework and that no accession date has been fixed. Poland would become the second EU country in the network after Portugal. Its current status is an agreed pathway to membership, rather than completed accession.[2]
Sharing evidence across health systems
The network brings regulators together around information about healthcare AI, including reviewed tools and warnings about harmful incidents. Members can draw on findings from other jurisdictions when considering technologies that may appear in several health systems at once. National and applicable formal approval processes still govern individual tools.[2]
HealthAI says Polish officials will take part in the leadership group of its government and regulatory Community of Practice, connecting them with peers from 30 countries. The partners also plan a gathering in Poland involving officials, regulators, clinicians, researchers and innovators. These are the first concrete activities described in the accession pathway.[1]
The cooperation programme
| Element | Status | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Memorandum of understanding | Signed | Establishes cooperation and preparation for accession |
| Cooperation framework | One year | Provides a period for joint work |
| Regulatory peer exchange | Included in pathway | Connects Polish officials with an international community |
| Full network membership | No fixed accession date | The intended next institutional step |
An incident report can travel faster than a repeat failure
Consider an AI tool whose performance changes after a software update. A useful shared report would identify the affected version, the task involved and the conditions in which the problem appeared. Another regulator could then determine whether the same system is in use locally and which institutions need to investigate. That is the operational value of an incident-sharing network.
To make that exchange useful, institutions need compatible descriptions of systems and failures. An unexplained alert is hard to act on; a report linked to a version and a clinical use can support a targeted response. Cooperation creates a forum for working out those definitions and learning from how other authorities handle similar products.
The Polish agreement adds a route into that work. Its immediate contribution is to connect officials and establish a programme of cooperation; the intended longer-term benefit is a clearer view of evidence and incidents beyond any one health system.
Sources & further reading
- Poland’s Ministry of Health Signs Agreement with HealthAI HealthAI · 21 Oct 2026 · Accessed 25 Oct 2026
- Poland to become second EU member of global healthcare AI network Reuters · 22 Oct 2026 · Accessed 25 Oct 2026