Politico March 6, 2025
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Former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf repeatedly pressed Congress to empower the agency to regulate AI in health care. Now out of government, he’s continuing to press for AI governance in the sector.
At this week’s Cornell HealthNext AI Summit, he said he fears health systems will mostly use AI to increase profits. To use AI to improve care for patients, the industry must start tracking patients across health systems and measuring the impact of care on patients. That, the two-time FDA commissioner said on stage, will “tell us a lot that a lot of what we’re doing is bad for people, even if it makes money.”
He spoke with Ruth about the industry’s responsibility to make sure...
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