Artificial Intelligence Policy and Advocacy

AHA Comments on Regulatory Considerations for Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices

The AHA urged the FDA to adopt a flexible, risk-based framework for regulating generative artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices that safeguards patients while supporting innovation.

AHA Blog — Better Information, Better Care: How Coding Supports Today’s Complex Patients

The AHA pushes back on a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association report, arguing that AI-enabled documentation tools help clinicians more accurately capture the needs of increasingly complex patients and support better care.

AHA Senate Statement on Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks

The AHA is urging Congress to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity by supporting rural hospitals, addressing vulnerabilities across third-party vendors and the broader healthcare ecosystem, and combating the growing threat posed by AI-enabled cyberattacks and ransomware.

Technology and Cybersecurity Advocacy Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Policy, Advocacy and Resources

AI Is Reshaping Care Delivery in Profound Ways

Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare and accelerating innovation in care delivery, with applications spanning administrative, operational and clinical functions.

Hospitals and health systems are using virtual assistants to support patient scheduling and triaging, leveraging ambient listening technologies to reduce clinical documentation burden, and using advanced tools to assist clinician decision-making and medical image interpretation. Across the healthcare continuum, AI is helping hospitals and health systems improve efficiency, support the workforce and enhance patient care.

As policymakers consider statutory and regulatory frameworks for AI in healthcare delivery, it is critical that we support continued innovation while ensuring patient safety and maintaining public trust.

AHA Policy Letters: Supporting AI Innovation While Promoting Patient Safety

AHA Provides Feedback to FDA on Regulatory Considerations for Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices
Oct 19, 2026
AHA Responds to FDA Request for Input on Development of 21st Century Cures Act Section 3060 Required Report
Aug 13, 2026
AHA Responds to CMS RFI on Regulations to Combat Fraud, Waste and Abuse (CRUSH)
Mar 30, 2026
AHA Response to HHS RFI on AI in Health Care
Feb 23, 2026
AHA Letter to FDA on AI-enabled Medical Devices
Dec 1, 2025
AHA Responds to OSTP Request on AI Policies for Health Care
Oct 27, 2025

AHA Statements: Advancing Responsible AI in Healthcare

AHA Fact Sheets and Advisories: AI in Healthcare

AHA Resources: Building and Scaling AI in Hospitals

AHA Case Studies: How Hospitals and Health Systems Are Using AI

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Telling the Hospital Story: Artificial Intelligence

Explore the amazing stories of hospitals going above and beyond to care for their patients and communities throughout America.

A clinician at Artesia General Hospital uses Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an AI-powered clinical assistant that records patient conversations, transcribes them, and updates electronic health records automatically.

Artesia General Hospital
New Mexico

At one rural New Mexico hospital, doctors turn to AI tools

Dr. Peter Jewell, a family medicine physician at the 25-bed Artesia General Hospital in rural New Mexico, has adopted Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an AI-powered clinical assistant that records patient conversations, transcribes them, and updates electronic health records automatically.

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Washington

Fred Hutch helps lead AI collaboration to transform cancer research and care

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle is helping shape the future of cancer research through its leadership in the Cancer AI Alliance (CAIA), a collaboration using artificial intelligence to accelerate cancer discovery and improve patient care.

WellSpan York Hospital
York, Pa.

WellSpan Health Unveils First-of-Its-Kind Full-Service Robotic Kitchen

Attack of the munchies at 3 a.m.? Not a problem at WellSpan Health York Hospital, which has introduced Fresh Take Eatery, an AI‑powered robotic kitchen that provides 24/7 access to hot, healthy meals for patients, visitors, and staff, ensuring fresh, on-demand food options at any hour.