STAT October 30, 2023
President Biden ordered the nation’s leading health agencies on Monday to develop a plan for regulating artificial intelligence tools already widely in use within hospitals, insurance companies, and other health-related businesses.
The order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a safety program to receive reports of AI-related harms and unsafe practices — and take actions to remedy them. The directive was part of a broader order issued by the White House to create standards for the use of AI across the government.
Within health care, as in other sectors, Biden’s order seeks to strike a balance between controlling the risks of AI while also encouraging innovation that may benefit consumers. While it calls for efforts to...
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