AI has arrived in your doctor’s office. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it.

Politico October 28, 2023
Daniel Payne

AI is diagnosing diseases and recommending treatments, but the systems aren’t always regulated like drugs or medical devices.

Washington hasn’t written the rules for the new artificial intelligence in health care even though doctors are rapidly deploying it — to interpret tests, diagnose diseases and provide behavioral therapy.

Products that use AI are going to market without the kind of data the government requires for new medical devices or medicines. The Biden administration hasn’t decided how to handle emerging tools like chatbots that interact with patients and answer doctors’ questions — even though some are already in use. And Congress is stalled. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said this week that legislation was months away.

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