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To bridge this gap, a structured approach to AI requirements specification can facilitate a shared terminology and a deep mutual understanding among stakeholders, serving both as a guide for technological development and as a means of defining clear pathways for clinical implementation. While technical requirements are well-established in traditional technology development domains, this structured approach remains relatively underused within clinical and social science contexts. Consequently, valuable insights derived from participatory and stakeholder-driven approaches are often overlooked, limiting the relevance and trustworthiness of AI systems in health care settings.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study presents a methodology for requirements gathering, specification, mapping, and verification, specifically engineered for the complex, multistakeholder environment of clinically applied AI. The methodology was implemented within the specific case of an international multidisciplinary project evaluating an AI-based prediction tool for neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment response for breast cancer and forming a part of the developed AI validation framework.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n The process for AI requirements gathering, specification, and monitoring included 3 iterative rounds of discussion, engaging nearly 150 social, clinical, technical, ethical, and regulatory experts and patients across Europe, South America, North Africa, and Eurasia. It combines established requirements engineering methods (including the MoSCoW [Must have, Should have, Could have, Will not have] framework) with social innovation techniques to ensure inclusivity and contextual relevance.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n A key finding is the successful development of a structured framework integrating participatory social innovation with formal requirements engineering in an international AI health care setting, through a traceable multisource workflow including clinical, ethical, and regulatory aspects. It is supplemented with an extensive list of 184 actionable consensus-based requirements, categorized by stakeholder group, providing valuable insights for AI researchers in the oncology field with the potential to be transferable to other digital health domains. The requirements align with the fairness, universality, traceability, usability, robustness, and explainability in the AI (FUTURE-AI) framework, ensuring the tool is trustworthy and comprehensive from a multistakeholder perspective, and ensuring comprehensive consideration of all elements of FUTURE-AI.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The proposed methodology represents a significant advancement for requirements engineering in digital health by extending traditional technical processes to systematically incorporate nontechnical requirements from diverse global stakeholders. 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