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Health Systems Prioritize Artificial Intelligence Governance, Oversight

February 15, 2024 - Health systems are increasingly prioritizing the development of artificial intelligence (AI) oversight efforts as they continue to navigate the potential promise and pitfalls of these tools in healthcare, according to a report published today and shared with HealthITAnalytics by the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) at the University of Pittsburgh...


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Researchers Call for Outcome-Centric Approach to Health AI Regulation

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In a recent viewpoint published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) argued that the White House Executive Order on...

Data Augmentation May Improve LLM Generalization on Clinical Notes

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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University have developed a technique to improve the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models for medical note...

WHO Releases Governance Guidelines for Generative Artificial Intelligence

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance on the governance of large multi-modal models (LMMs) – a type of generative artificial intelligence (AI) – in healthcare. The...

New Healthcare AI Framework Incorporates Medical Knowledge, Values

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A novel normative framework for healthcare artificial intelligence (AI), described in a recent issue of Patterns, asserts that medical knowledge, procedures, practices, and values should be considered...

AMA Establishes New Principles for AI Development, Deployment and Use

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The American Medical Association (AMA) issued new principles to guide the development, deployment and use of augmented intelligence (AI) in healthcare, according to a press release shared with...

Vanderbilt, Duke Awarded $1.25M to Improve Health Systems’ AI Oversight

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Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Duke University School of Medicine have been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to establish a...

Biden Issues Executive Order to Ensure Safe, Secure AI Development

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Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) that establishes guardrails for the technology to ensure that it is “safe, secure, and trustworthy,”...

American Heart Association Releases Guidance for Patient Data Sharing

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The American Heart Association (AHA) released new policy guidance in Circulation this week outlining six principles for patient data sharing in medical research. The statement emphasizes that EHRs,...

Senator Calls on Google to Ensure Ethical Deployment of Health AI

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This week, United States Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai citing concerns about the company’s...

Discrepancies in Marketing, Clearance of AI-Enabled Medical Devices Found

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In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers found discrepancies between the marketing and 510(k) clearance of artificial intelligence (AI)- or machine learning (ML)-enabled medical...

Stanford Launches Responsible Health Artificial Intelligence Initiative

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Stanford Medicine and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) launched the Responsible AI for Safe and Equitable Health (RAISE-Health) initiative this week, which aims...

AMA Seeks More Oversight of Prior Authorization Artificial Intelligence

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During its recent Annual Meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates adopted a policy calling for increased regulatory oversight of health insurers’ use of artificial...

Artificial Intelligence May Be ‘Threat’ to Human Health, Experts Warn

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In a recent analysis published in BMJ Global Health, an international group of researchers and public health experts have argued that artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence...

Coalition for Health AI Releases Blueprint for Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

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The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) released its ‘Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare’ this week, which outlines recommendations to increase...

FDA Releases AI/ML-Enabled Medical Device Modification Guidance

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new draft guidance last week proposing an approach to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-enabled devices can be safely...

ChatGPT Provides Accurate Information on Cancer Myths, Misconceptions

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In a study published last week in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute (JNCI) Cancer Spectrum, researchers from the University of Utah found that large language model (LLM)...

More Legal Clarification Needed For Clinical Algorithm Development, Use

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Researchers explored the intersection of clinical algorithms, anti-discrimination laws, and medical device regulation in a JAMA viewpoint published this month, arguing that recent directives from the...

More Guidance Needed to Curb Discrimination by Clinical Algorithm Use

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In a recent viewpoint published in JAMA, researchers explored the challenges of curbing discrimination by a clinical algorithm, arguing that the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)...

Coalition for Health AI Unveils Draft Blueprint for Ethical AI Implementation

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The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has published a draft of its ‘Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare,’ which outlines recommendations for...