Politico January 1, 2025
Brian Anderson is ready to shape the future of AI in health care — if Donald Trump will let him.
Artificial intelligence promises to revolutionize health care by predicting illnesses, speeding diagnoses, selecting effective treatments and lightening doctors’ administrative loads — but only if doctors trust that it won’t harm their patients.
The government is struggling with oversight of this rapidly evolving technology. But Dr. Brian Anderson, whose experience working long hours as a family doctor for low-income immigrants in Massachusetts inspired him to work on technology to make caring for patients easier, says he can.
Anderson’s Coalition for Health AI, an alliance of tech giants and major hospital systems, plans to launch quality assurance labs to vet AI tools...