Health Affairs November 17, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being developed and used in all aspects of health care in ways that will fundamentally affect how care is delivered, how new treatments are developed and deployed, and how patients and clinicians interact. This rapid technological advancement can solve some of the greatest challenges in healthcare but also raises significant risks surrounding reliability, bias, and privacy. Policy has been developing much slower than technology, leaving uncertainty regarding the government’s oversight of AI in health care.
The Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO), signed by President Biden on October 30, 2023, provides some clearer direction regarding US policy. It establishes a framework for managing AI risks, directs...