Global Health & Medicine

Japanese regulation and approval process for medical artificial intelligence (AI) as software as a medical device (SaMD): Current status and emerging challenges

Takahashi S, Makino T, Mizutani R, Hirano T, Nomura Y

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):140-147.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01052

Proactive adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the operations of Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA): Current initiatives, governance, and future perspectives

Amakasu K, Kawana J, Kotera O, Numanyu T, Nakajima A, Ishikawa K, Kobayashi Y, Uyama Y

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):148-153.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01046

Beyond consent: Reconstructing ethical justification in medical adaptive machine learning systems

Yamamoto K, Udagawa M, Nakazawa E

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):154-160.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01047

Human-in-the-loop reconsidered: Shadow use and reliance management in drug development

Inoue Y

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):161-165.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01067

Clinical artificial intelligence (AI) in Japan: Regulatory pathways, domain-specific evidence, and its data infrastructure from an international perspective

Karako K, Tang W

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):166-181.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01048

Artificial intelligence (AI)-aided clinical data management: Applications, human-in-the-loop workflows, and regulatory considerations

Ohi S, Iwamoto T, Ikeda D, Kawanishi Y, Kitajima K, Ohyanagi H

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):182-192.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01051

Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted diagnosis of skin diseases: From image classification to dermatology-specific multimodal clinical reasoning

Cheng Y, Zhou C, Wang P, Liu H, Han Y

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):193-204.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01058

Automated radiographic shoulder balance assessment in scoliosis via deep learning

Yang L, Xu F, Xiang Q, Fu J, Xia X, Li F, Cheng S, Qin Y, Yu Y

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):205-214.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01053

From companion technologies to social care infrastructure: A multi-level perspective on loneliness-related support in dementia care in an era of artificial intelligence (AI)

Uenishi M, Song PP

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):215-221.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01063

Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted full-course case management for primary liver cancer: System design, preliminary implementation, and practical considerations

Wang YH, Yue X, Zheng RS, Chen L, Wang Y, Qiang WM

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):222-226.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01069

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based pose estimation detects movements linked to unplanned tube removal in ICU patients

Umeda A, Mizuno S, Ishizaki F, Okamoto T

Global Health & Medicine. 2026; 8(3):227-232.

DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2026.01061