Healthcare advocates push for balanced AI regulation
Becker's Healthcare May 15, 2024
With an increasing number of healthcare organizations embracing AI tools, many healthcare groups are calling for federal oversight of the technology that would balance innovation with patient safety and data integrity, Politico reported May 15.
Representative Ami Bera, D-Calif., a member of the House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, spearheaded an initiative to gather insights from healthcare leaders regarding AI policy. Here, various groups representing physicians, medical device manufacturers, technology developers, hospitals, insurers and others expressed their perspectives on AI regulation.
The responses from this initiative were obtained by Politico. Here are the key points highlighted by these advocates:
1. Risk-based regulation: Many advocacy groups, including the Consumer Technology Association and the American Health Insurance Plans, advocated for...