Issued2025-12-01

Empowering Providers, Protecting Patients: The Future of Care – CHIME’s Principles for Responsible AI

Professional Principles / GuidanceVoluntary

Summary

Revised healthcare AI principles organized around protecting patients and their data, fostering patient-centered care, and empowering providers. The guidance addresses privacy and cybersecurity, patient consent, transparency, human oversight, and support for healthcare organizations adopting AI.

Healthcare Implications

Health-system leaders can use the principles to guide AI governance and procurement, assess patient-data protections and oversight, and plan education and implementation support, including for smaller organizations. The principles are voluntary and do not create legal obligations.

Impact Level

Medium

Keywords

Transparency & Governance; Safety & Risk; Privacy & Data; Clinical Quality & Efficacy

Stakeholders

Providers & Health Systems; Patients & Public; Developers & Vendors