Government Accountability Office

Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Requires Data Access, Standards

December 1, 2020 - Data access and industry standards may help leaders eliminate potential bias in healthcare artificial intelligence tools, as well as improve implementation of the technology, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO noted that artificial intelligence has many possible uses in healthcare, in both the clinical and...


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