HHS to Release New Strategic AI Plan for Life Sciences and Healthcare

The strategic plan is expected to be released in January 2025.
HHS to Release New Strategic AI Plan for Life Sciences and Healthcare
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is developing a comprehensive strategic plan for integrating AI throughout its mission, according to Micky Tripathi, HHS’s acting Chief AI Officer and Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, the Fedscoop reported.

While speaking at the NVIDIA AI Summit in Washington, D.C., Tripathi revealed that the strategic plan is expected to be released in January and will encompass the full range of the department's responsibilities.

During a panel, Tripathi outlined the department’s extensive responsibilities in life sciences and healthcare, including medical research, safety assessments, healthcare delivery, technology standards, and public health, which the new strategic plan will address. According to him, the new strategic plan examines the department's role within the healthcare sector more broadly, making it both externally and internally focused.

“Where do we see from just a general public policy perspective the needs of the industry and all of those domains across that entire value chain … what role does the federal government play in each of those areas? What potential roles does AI play in each of those areas? And you all know the answer to that: Pretty significant roles in each one of those areas,” he said.

Earlier this year, President Joe Biden issued an executive order, instructing HHS and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the potential of AI in advancing research on women's health.

This directive aligns with their ongoing efforts to implement the administration's existing executive order on AI.

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