AI regulation

Rad AI CIO Demetri Giannikopoulos warns that AI regulations must be aligned across the United States to avoid cross-border differences in care and ensure consistent standards for patients and providers.

The American Medical Association sent coordinated letters to House and Senate members raising concerns about chatbots pertaining to patient safety and public health.

AI policy is unfolding in real time on the local and national levels, and HIMSS' Robert Havasy says HIMSS26 provided a venue to hear about these changes from federal and state legislators.

HIMSS' public policy principles suggest AI guardrails to keep AI safe and trustworthy and recommend that they apply across the U.S. to prevent complications for developers, says HIMSS' Jonathan French.

Nurses, health systems, educators and industry leaders are aiming to guide responsible use of healthcare AI. With AI workflows impacting care and accountability, nurses are "hungry for guidance," says Jing Wang, RN, dean of FSU College of Nursing.

The Trump Administration's artificial intelligence proposals call on Congress and federal agencies to develop risk-based approaches to health AI standards while streamlining innovation. The list of tasks for lawmakers to tackle is extensive.

Michael Abrams of Numerof and Associates says that oversight for AI used in mental health care should mirror that of pharmaceuticals, with clear standards, safety testing and ongoing monitoring.

The executive order says it revokes attempts to paralyze the AI industry and establishes an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws inconsistent with national policy.

For now, the Trump Administration is turning its focus to The Genesis Mission, a new federal artificial intelligence effort that it says is "comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project."

Dr. Lucie Opatrny, president and CEO of McGill University Health Centre, discusses how one of the largest academic health networks in North America implements healthcare technologies.