The Alliance for AI Health this week announced what it calls its first blueprint for effective and responsible use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The team’s goal is that the document will foster further discussion and refinement of proposals around AI and machine learning – ultimately creating robust engineering and implementation standards and guidelines for clinical systems. guided by AI.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
The 24-page Blueprint on Guiding and Ensuring Trusted AI Implementations for Healthcare is the result of a collaboration led by CHAI and the National Academy of Medicine with AI experts from different centers. academic medical centers and healthcare, technology, and other industries to align with health AI standards.
CHAI includes organizations such as Change Healthcare, SAS, Google, and Duke Health, among others. Its stated mission – defining health AI standards and best practices, and providing guidance where needed, and increasing credibility in the healthcare community – will help inform and clarifies areas that need to be addressed in the National Academy of Medicine AI Code of Conduct, according to the alliance.
Laura L. Adams, senior advisor at NAM, said: “We have a rare opportunity in this early stage of AI development and deployment to act in harmony – honoring, reinforcing and unifying efforts. our efforts nationwide to ensure responsible AI.” Notification.
“The challenge is formidable and the potential is unmatched. Nothing less.”
According to CHAI, the future of healthcare depends on responsible artificial intelligence as the technology evolves for continued use in improving both patient and healthcare operations. to meet the growing demand.
Dr John Halamka, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform and co-founder of the alliance, added: “The needs of all patients must come first in this effort.
“In a world with increasing adoption of artificial intelligence in healthcare, we need guidelines and safeguards to ensure fair, unbiased and rational use of technology. Combating algorithmic bias cannot be done by any one organization, but by a diverse group.The blueprint will follow a patient-centered approach with collaboration of experienced federal agencies, academia and industry.”
In the blueprint, CHAI acknowledges growing evidence that the adoption of AI and machine learning can increase the risk of negative patient outcomes and cause or exacerbate bias. taste.
“Therefore, the urgent need is for a framework focused on health impact, equity, ethics, and principles of equality to ensure that AI in healthcare benefits all.” people, including groups from underserved and underrepresented communities,” CHAI said in the guide.
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Agency for Health Research and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of the National Coordinator for Health monitor CHAI’s efforts to promote the responsible development and adoption of AI in healthcare delivery. Information Technology and National Institutes of Health.
CHAI is accepting comments until May 5, 2023, according to its website.
TREND TO BIGGER
By defining equity and efficiency goals in the ML process in advance and designing AI systems to achieve those goals, many in the healthcare industry believe it is possible to prevent these outcomes. misleading results and can realize the benefits of AI in healthcare and patient care practices.
CHAI launches in December 2021 to develop consensus, tame the trend of buying artificial intelligence and machine learning products in healthcare and arm health among IT decision makers by academic research and rigorously vetted guidelines to help them choose responsible technologies that ensure a fair benefit to all patients.
CHAI has accepted public comment on the guideline development effort through October 2022.
The National Blueprint on the AI Rights Bill, released last year by the White House as a guide to identifying protections for AI technology to protect people from threats to their citizenship, civil liberties and privacy rights and ensure equal opportunity in accessing important rights. resources and services, including health care.
“As an alliance, we share many of the same goals, including eliminating bias in health-focused algorithms,” Halamka said of the Biden Administration policy document in an update. CHAI’s October progress update.
ON PROFILE
“The successful implementation and impact of AI technology in healthcare depends on our commitment to responsible development and implementation,” said Eric Horvitz, chief scientific officer of CHAI, member Microsoft member, said in a statement.
“Transparency and trust in AI tools that will influence medical decisions is paramount to patients and clinicians,” said Dr. Brian Anderson, chief digital health officer at MITER, co-founder of CHAI, adds. “The CHAI Blueprint seeks to tailor health and reporting AI standards to enable patients and clinicians to better assess how algorithms can contribute to their care.”
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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Monique Mansoura will provide more details during HIMSS23 session “Leveraging digital health and real-world data to address emerging health and global health security issues.” It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, from 2:30pm to 4pm CT at MITER Meeting Room N227B, North Hall B.
