Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its AI Strategy, named OneHHS, marking the next phase of the Department's initiative to provide artificial intelligence (AI) to the federal workforce, integrating it into internal operations, research, and public health.
Led by the HHS Acting Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Clark Minor, the HHS AI Strategy aims to deliver on the Trump Administration's AI Action Plan, AI-related Executive Orders, and guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The five Pillars underlying the HHS AI Strategy are listed as follows:
- Ensure governance and risk management for public trust.
- Design infrastructure and platforms for user needs.
- Promote workforce development and burden reduction for efficiency.
- Foster health research and reproducibility through gold standard science.
- Enable care and public health delivery modernization for better outcomes.
"AI is a tool to catalyze progress," Clark Minor said in a statement. "This Strategy is about harnessing AI to empower our workforce and drive innovation across the Department."
The OneHHS approach encourages all HHS divisions—including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and others—to work together on building a single Department-wide AI infrastructure.
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