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STAT+: Writing health AI rules: Why Micky Tripathi faces one of the toughest jobs in Washington

One muggy Washington afternoon in late September, Micky Tripathi faced a small crowd in a Capitol Hill row house, ready to launch into a couple dozen slides that explain exactly what it is he does in the federal government.

“I know we’ve got a very short period of time,” he told the lunchtime gathering of digital health professionals from companies like Microsoft, Ernst & Young, and Adobe, “and of course I’ve got about 10 times more content than anyone could feasibly, you know, consume. So buckle your seatbelts.”

Tripathi is the top official in the Department of Health and Human Services spearheading much of President Biden’s agenda for regulating how artificial intelligence is used in health care. He’s also responsible for a crucial HHS reorganization meant to streamline how disparate agencies within the department set standards for AI, invest in it, or pay for its use across the nation’s health care system.
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One muggy Washington afternoon in late September, Micky Tripathi faced a small crowd in a Capitol Hill row house, ready to launch into a couple dozen slides that explain exactly what it is he does in the federal government.

“I know we’ve got a very short period of time,” he told the lunchtime gathering of digital health professionals from companies like Microsoft, Ernst & Young, and Adobe, “and of course I’ve got about 10 times more content than anyone could feasibly, you know, consume. So buckle your seatbelts.”

Tripathi is the top official in the Department of Health and Human Services spearheading much of President Biden’s agenda for regulating how artificial intelligence is used in health care. He’s also responsible for a crucial HHS reorganization meant to streamline how disparate agencies within the department set standards for AI, invest in it, or pay for its use across the nation’s health care system.

Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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