HealthTech January 3, 2024
BBB National Programs Director of Privacy Initiatives Divya Sridhar explains how regulation, improved patient trust and accountability can support AI initiatives in healthcare.
As excitement rises over the potential of generative artificial intelligence, the Biden administration, through its recent executive order on AI, wants to ensure the federal government’s use of the technology is safe, secure and trustworthy. It appears the principled approach taken in the executive order has the potential to democratize one particular facet of our lives: healthcare.
The executive order has many laudable goals. Among them: solving the puzzle surrounding critical competing interests in healthcare. Few doubt that AI can empower physicians and healthcare personnel with better insights, reduce patient-provider costs, and heighten efficiencies with the hope...