ACR Leaders Discuss AI with HHS; POTUS AI Plan Released

ACR® leadership met with Thomas Keane, MD, MBA, HHS Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), and HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT staff July 22, to discuss radiology's efforts to advance safe, effective and clinically useful AI. College efforts include the ACR Data Science Institute’s® AI Central database of transparent AI devices, the national Assess-AI performance monitoring registry, the ACR Recognized Center for Healthcare-AI (ARCH-AI) initiative and the Healthcare AI Challenge.

In other related AI news, the White House this week published its “AI Action Plan,” for which ACR provided input in March. The plan cuts across most AI-relevant domains, including healthcare, and seeks to advance the Administration’s AI priorities of accelerated innovation, robust infrastructure, and U.S. global leadership. It discusses future activities such as regulatory sandboxes or centers of excellence where AI can be deployed and tested in a “try-first” culture. 

ACR will continue its work with HHS and other federal agencies regarding healthcare AI policy topics and initiatives. 

For more information about ACR’s extensive radiology AI activities, visit the ACR Data Science Institute. For questions about federal AI policy, contact Michael Peters, ACR Senior Director, Government Affairs.