Artificial Intelligence
The rules for AI in care are being written now.
Advanced technology offers immense benefits to healthcare — but the safe, secure application of AI is an ongoing challenge. CTeL tracks the development of AI-focused legislation, coalitions, and policy so your AI strategy stays ahead of the regulation.
What We Track
Following AI policy as it takes shape
Federal Policy
Rulemaking & agency action
From the ONC HITAC annual report and the FDA's cross-center work on AI medical products to the HTI-1 final rule on algorithm transparency and certification — CTeL follows the federal rules reshaping health AI.
Coalitions
The Congressional Digital Health Caucus
A hub for educating policymakers, ensuring equitable access, promoting collaboration, addressing regulatory gaps, and advancing digital-health research & development.
Trust & Safety
Local AI Evaluation
Healthcare isn't one-size-fits-all. Local AI evaluation tests AI in the environments where it will actually be used — so bias is caught before deployment and providers can trust the tools.
In Focus
Making AI trustworthy, locally
What works in an urban hospital might not translate to a rural clinic or a telehealth visit. Local AI evaluation ensures AI is tailored to regional and clinical needs, biases are identified and corrected before deployment, and patients and providers can trust the technology.
- UCSF's IMPACC — a "digital immune system" that monitors AI in clinical care.
- Vanderbilt's VAMOS — an algorithmovigilance system modeled on pharmacovigilance.
AI & the Law
The legal questions AI raises
Licensure Laws
Where care is rendered, out-of-state providers, and the interstate licensure compacts.
Medical Malpractice
Liability and standard-of-care questions as AI enters clinical decision-making.
Physical Exam Requirement
What satisfies the exam requirement when care is delivered remotely.
Reimbursement
How AI, SaaS, and software-enabled services are paid for — and the emerging code families.
Resources
A starting library for health-AI teams
CTeL curates the foundational governance and guidance every digital-health team should know:
Innovation is moving fast. So is the policy.