Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2025
With an approaching federal deadline, healthcare and legal experts have developed a framework for evaluating the use of AI-powered algorithms.
As AI, clinical algorithms and predictive analytics become more prevalent in healthcare, HHS finalized a rule April 26 to ensure that these tools do not discriminate “on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age and disability.”
By May 6, CMS-funded entities must comply with the rule.
Concerned about legal liability, hospitals and other healthcare organizations may discontinue sex-inclusive algorithms, potentially causing harm. Faculty members from the University of Maryland’s law and medical schools created a resource to guide healthcare organizations through the legal complexities of using these tools.
For example, the framework recommends analyzing whether a...
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