Are the European reference networks for rare diseases ready to embrace machine learning? A mixed-methods study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateApproval by an Ethics committee was not required for this research. The survey and the focus group discussion were sociological from a methodological point of view, with no clinical research. Survey participants provided electronic consent after reading the study’s description and before launching the online questionnaire. Focus group participants provided informed consent for audio-visual recording and transcription before the meeting. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Screen4Care project has received funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under Grant Agreement No. 101034427. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and EFPIA."