Politico January 28, 2025
BUSINESS PLAN
There’s a new AI task force in town. Unlike the others, this one aims to measure artificial intelligence’s outcomes.
This month, the Peterson Health Technology Institute launched an AI task force in collaboration with large health systems, including UC San Diego Health, Intermountain Health, Mass General Brigham, Providence, Ochsner Health and Washington state provider MultiCare. The group hopes to divine methods to understand how AI impacts patients, doctors and the business of health care.
Founded in 2023, PHTI is an offshoot of the nonprofit Peterson Center on Healthcare, which aims to lower health care costs. It was founded by Peter G. Peterson, the late billionaire and former secretary of commerce for President Richard Nixon. PHTI helps health systems...