When appropriately applied in critical care settings, AI can deliver considerable value to clinical staff, hospital management and local communities. In the process the technology may help resolve persistent staffing shortages.

HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

Close to half the world’s cybersecurity professionals, 45%, have zero involvement in projects within their respective organizations to develop, implement and govern AI solutions. 

Some FDA-approved medical devices age more safely than others. That’s no less true of AI-enabled technologies than of any others. The agency spells out the ramifications in draft guidance issued this week. 

Watch for healthcare AI to increase its footprint in the patient-safety domain over the coming year. 

The past 12 months have brought numerous exciting advances involving AI and related emerging technologies. Let us not fail to take a short last look at some of the more spectacular flops. 

Some investment analysts are predicting a more permissive M&A market, deregulation as a catalyst for growth and fiscal policies that stimulate economic activity. And they see AI as a catalyst in the shift. 

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks.