Installed laptop computer from Microsoft Copilot+. Because more and more insurers, hospitals and clinicians utilize artificial intelligence in healthcare, they are legislator on both sides of the transition, they want to regulate its utilize. (Photo Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Double -sided group of state legislators in Pennsylvania He excluded the plan regulate the utilize of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Four home democrats of Pennsylvania and one republican home plan in order to introduce provisions that would require insurers, hospitals and other suppliers to comply with specific rules when using AI to care for the patient, invoicing and coding, processing claims and other services related to health.
“As the only doctor in [Pennsylvania] General Assembly, I saw a rapid development of the use of artificial intelligence in real time, “said a representative of the democratic state of Pennsylvania Arvind Venkat Wa statement Announcement of legislation. Venkat is a doctor of emergency medicine in Pittsburgh.
Venkat he said That although artificial intelligence has increased the efficiency of administrative tasks for doctors like him, he worries about its growing utilize in making decisions regarding patient care and whether health services are covered by insurance.
Only this year, A dozen or so states According to Manatt Health, a domestic health care company, provisions regulating AI in the field of healthcare.
ArizonaIN MarylandIN Nebraga AND Texas Insurance companies have now been banned from using AI as the only decision -maker in prior consent or denying medical necessity. Nevada AND Oregon Prohibits AI to represent himself as a doctor, while several other states – including Utah AND New York -They recreated the utilize of AI chat bots in mental health.
The legislation of AI State was sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans and was approved with bilateral support, which reflects the broad concerns about its increase in healthcare.
Pennsylvania legislators say Proposed regulations They would force insurers and healthcare professionals to transparency how they utilize AI; Require a man to make a final decision every time artificial intelligence is used: and order insurers and suppliers to show evidence of minimizing prejudices in their utilize.
“As AI developed in the healthcare industry, we have already seen evidence that the use of AI can strengthen bias and discrimination,” said Venkat Wa statement. “This will allow us to ensure that insurers, clinicians and hospitals effectively use AI and do not use it to consolidate potentially harmful prejudices in the field of medicine.”
More than half of American patients say that AI in health requires more supervisionAccording to the August survey from the United States, the Non -Profit organization focused on inexpensive and available healthcare. Meanwhile, over two -thirds of doctors have reported an increase in the utilize of AI in administrative tasks, such as registration and management of information about the patient, and almost half more often reported the utilize of AI in the field of patient care and making clinical decisions.
Domestic groups, including the American Medical Association called for further supervision and Last year, doctors utilize artificial intelligence more than twiceAccording to the latest data of the association.
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