‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch Up with AI’s Use in Health Care
February 13, 2024

(KFF Health News) – Already, AI’s impact on health care is widespread. The Food and Drug Administration has approved some 692 AI products. Algorithms are helping to schedule patients, determine staffing levels in emergency rooms, and even transcribe and summarize clinical visits to save physicians’ time. They’re starting to help radiologists read MRIs and X-rays. Wachter said he sometimes informally consults a version of GPT-4, a large language model from the company OpenAI, for complex cases.
The scope of AI’s impact — and the potential for future changes — means government is already playing catch-up. (Read More)