Quality & Governance News

Researchers Suggest Changes to FDA Oversight of AI Breast Cancer Screening

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In a special communication published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine, Yale researchers explore the current regulatory processes for artificial intelligence (AI)-based breast cancer screening tools,...

Coalition Shares Progress, Plans to Issue Responsible Health AI Guidelines

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The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has published papers related to the second round of workshops in its Bias, Equity, and Fairness series for public feedback and announced plans to share...

White House Unveils Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

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The White House unveiled its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights earlier this week, which identifies five guidelines for the design, use, and deployment of automated and artificial intelligence...

FDA Releases Guidance on AI-Driven Clinical Decision Support Tools

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new guidance stating that some artificial intelligence (AI) tools should be regulated as medical devices as part of the agency’s oversight of...

ONC Expands Health Equity Data Initiative to Standardize Patient Addresses

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced that it will incorporate recommendations from the HHS Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) into the next...

HHS Awards $90M to Health Centers to Boost Health Equity Via Data Modernization

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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded approximately $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,400 community health centers as part of an ongoing effort to advance...

Experts Propose Quality Measures for Veterans at High Risk for Adverse Outcomes

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In a consensus statement published this week in JAMA Network Open, a panel of 14 health experts and veterans identified what quality measure concepts are important to improve care for veterans at high...

Medicare Data Inaccuracies Hinder Health Disparity Assessment

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A new report published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that race and ethnicity data gathered as part of Medicare enrollment are...

Researchers Call for ‘Distributed Approach’ to Clinical AI Regulation

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Researchers argue that the national, centralized regulation of clinical artificial intelligence (AI) is not sufficient and instead propose a hybrid model of centralized and decentralized...

Stakeholders Urge White House’s AI Office to Include Healthcare

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In a letter to the chair and vice-chair of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office (NAIIO), healthcare and technology stakeholders asked that healthcare be included in the scope of its...

AI Can Detect Race When Clinicians Cannot, Increasing Risk of Bias

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Researchers have found that artificial intelligence (AI) models can accurately detect self-reported racial identity using medical images, but the mechanisms they use to do so are unclear to...

WHO: It’s Time to Eliminate Ageism in Artificial Intelligence

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As caregivers examine how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve healthcare for seniors, a policy brief by the World Health Organization shows that potential issues can be eliminated by taking...

Audits, Diversifying Data Can Help Payers Address Machine Learning Biases

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As health insurers and providers increasingly turn to machine-learning algorithms to enhance care, there is a growing concern among experts regarding equity, fairness, and bias in how the technology is...

Industry Applauds as Biden Reboots Cancer Moonshot

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Almost six years to the day after the Cancer Moonshot Task Force met for the first time, President Joe Biden announced the reignition of the initiative, aiming to reduce the cancer death rate by 50...

Viewpoint: Pandemic Promise of Machine Learning Falls Short  

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With the recent advances in machine learning algorithms, healthcare professionals had high expectations for the technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, according to an analysis published by...

Industry Leaders Announce Artificial Intelligence Coalition

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Leaders across healthcare, academia, and technology announced the formation of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Coalition (AI3C).   The coalition will collaborate with...

NCQA Completes First Data Aggregator Validation Cohort 

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance announced the successful conclusion of its first Data Aggregator Validation cohort as well as the validation of ten clinical data streams and...

Education Partnership To Improve Artificial Intelligence Practices

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Moderna recently announced the launch of its Artificial Intelligence Academy. Partnering with Carnegie Mellon University, the AI Academy is intended to educate employees in integrating AI and machine...

Adopting AI to Improve Patient Outcomes, Cost Savings, Health Equality

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Healthcare executives are increasingly looking at artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes, support cost savings, and promote health equality. According to the fourth annual Optum Survey on...

Limiting Bias in Artificial Intelligence Tools, Personalized Medicine

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As more research looks to use medical data for artificial intelligence tools and personalized medicine, a new study shows how unintentional bias can impact design efforts. Additionally, the study...