UW Health and Verona’s Epic released a report with recommendations for AI regulation, drawing from a June summit they held in Washington, D.C., according to WisBusiness. Over 25 participants were present at the roundtable event, with representatives from health systems, federal lawmakers’ offices, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The report features several recommendations for lawmakers and federal offices, including:
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Advising “targeted investment and support” so that AI in health care can benefit underserved areas such as rural communities;
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Creating AI tools registries to track use across a variety of settings; and
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Offering open-source access to those tools.
According to UW Health Chief Information and Digital Officer Chero Goswami, access to technology is “somewhat divided” between big academic medical centers and the nation’s rural hospitals. He also adds that transparency in how it is being used is important for the protection of patient interests.
At the June discussion, pediatric care experts said child health data is often excluded from AI models, with algorithms trained mainly on adult cases struggling to accurately diagnose children and predict their outcomes.
