Issued2025-12-01

Policy Principles on Artificial Intelligence

PrinciplesVoluntary

Summary

ATA policy principles supporting a clear, balanced framework for safe, ethical, and scalable deployment of AI in healthcare. The principles address accountability among developers, infrastructure providers, and clinical deployers; transparency and explainability for patient-facing and clinically influential AI; bias mitigation; harmonized risk-based regulation; validation and performance monitoring; privacy and data security; and workforce impacts.

Healthcare Implications

Provides telehealth, virtual care, and digital health stakeholders with a healthcare-specific policy framework for responsible AI adoption. The principles are especially relevant for AI-enabled virtual care models, patient-facing AI interactions, clinical decision support, remote care workflows, and digital health platforms because they emphasize disclosure, clinical accountability, validation, bias monitoring, privacy, and proportionate regulation.

Impact Level

Medium

Keywords

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

Stakeholders

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