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Voluntary commitments – underscoring safety, security, and trust – mark a critical step toward ensuring responsible AI in healthcare
Since taking office, President Biden has moved with urgency to seize the tremendous promise and manage the risks posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). President Biden’s Executive Order 14110 outlined dozens of actions, including many that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for, to ensure the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the latest part of a broader commitment to ensure AI is deployed safely and responsibly in healthcare – voluntary commitments from a group of 28 healthcare provider and payer organizations to help move toward safe, secure, and trustworthy purchasing and use of AI technology.
These companies are committing to:
Previous U.S. government regulatory approaches to AI, as well as prior interaction with the private sector, including the announcement of voluntary commitments by private companies, had mostly focused on responsible AI through technology developers on the “supply-side” of the equation. This included the use of AI in foundation models, medical devices, software applications, and electronic health records.
The commitments announced today are from entities on the “demand-side,” specifically, health care providers and payers who develop, purchase, and implement AI-enabled technology for their own use in health care activities. Such voluntary commitments are not dispositive of compliance under federal law.
The companies that committed include: Allina Health, Bassett Healthcare Network, Boston Children’s Hospital, Curai Health, CVS Health, Devoted Health, Duke Health, Emory Healthcare, Endeavor Health, Fairview Health Systems, Geisinger, Hackensack Meridian, HealthFirst (Florida), Houston Methodist, John Muir Health, Keck Medicine, Main Line Health, Mass General Brigham, Medical University of South Carolina Health, Oscar, OSF HealthCare, Premera Blue Cross, Rush University System for Health, Sanford Health, Tufts Medicine, UC San Diego Health, UC Davis Health, and WellSpan Health.
President Biden has previously secured commitments from companies to help advance AI-related goals. In July 2023, 15 companies responsible for many of the most cutting-edge AI models, committed to a series of actions designed to promote safety, security, and trust – three fundamental principles to the future of AI.
Role of HHS
The Administration’s lead agency on healthcare is HHS. The department has worked for many years to advance its mission with the help of AI, using AI to advance research and discovery, drug and device safety, health care delivery, human services delivery, and public health. HHS also plays a variety of critical roles, serving as a regulator of the health industry, catalyst for innovation in the delivery of health and human services, investor of grant and research funding, and convener of common interests and priorities for ensuring the health and wellbeing for all Americans.
Specific examples of HHS AI-related activities to date include:
AI opens vast opportunities to improve our country’s health care, public health, and social service capabilities to better serve the American people. The Biden-Harris Administration commends these organizations for committing themselves to deploying these critical technologies to best serve the American people.
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