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- New HHS Artificial Intelligence Health Care Task Force Begins to Form
On October 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order establishing new standards for artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security, and the protection of Americans’ privacy while advancing equity and civil rights. The executive order directed the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to create a comprehensive plan for assessing AI before it goes to market and monitor performance and quality once the technology is in use.
As a result of the order, HHS has created a task force made up of senior members of the CMS, the FDA, the Office of the National Coordinator, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the CDC. This task force is required to develop a strategic plan including policies and frameworks on responsible deployment and use of AI and AI-enabled technologies in the health sector. Already, the task force has coordinated work to publish guiding principles for addressing racial biases in healthcare algorithms.
The task force has specific working groups around core issues in AI:
- drugs and devices
- research and discovery
- critical infrastructure
- biosecurity public
- health healthcare and human services
- internal operations
- ethics and responsibility
Those working groups raise questions and bring suggestions to senior leadership on the task force, which meet monthly and provide guidance on how to proceed. The task force also plans to engage with the private sector to get their perspective on where it should focus.