White House gets pledges from big healthcare players on AI safety and ethics
Boston Children’s, CVS, Geisinger, UC San Diego and Wellspan are among the 28 providers and payers promising ensure their AI and machine learning models are geared to ensure healthcare outcomes that are “Fair, Appropriate, Valid, Effective and Safe.”
Are hospitals and health systems today relying more on the skills of IT vendors?
One industry observer notes the massive digital transformation in how care is accessed and the historic increases in cyberattacks have been pushing more provider organizations to expect much more from their IT vendors.
HHS releases national data strategy to achieve better health outcomes
The agency said the new strategy is critical to achieving its goal of reducing cancer deaths by 50% and improve the burdens of cancer treatments on patients and families.
ONC inks final health IT certification rule
Despite broad concern by health IT developers and owners, some deadlines have been pushed out in HTI-1, the new federal rule governing certification, AI transparency and other standards, while those for decision support algorithms have not.
Microsoft and AFL-CIO Forge Partnership to Navigate AI’s Impact on the Workforce
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FASB Finalizes New Accounting Standards for Crypto Assets
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