HHS releases AI strategy, united by new OneHHS approach

The Department of Health and Human Services has released a new strategy to apply artificial intelligence agencywide, implementing the technology to enable data sharing, scientific research and expedited agency operations.

Announced on Thursday, the HHS AI Strategy highlights five pillars where AI will be incorporated: ensuring governance and risk management; designing infrastructure for user needs; promoting workforce development and burden reduction; fostering research through gold-standard science; and enabling public health delivery modernization. 

“For too long, our Department has been bogged down by bureaucracy and busy-work; even the most productive public servants are mired in paperwork and process. Across our mission space — from research, to health care delivery, to public health — we’ve layered administrative red tape on innovators,” HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill wrote in an introductory letter for the strategy. “We will harness AI technologies to streamline operations and enhance support for care delivery throughout the entire health ...