HHS awards $2 million to Columbia University Hospital, OHSU for responsible AI, behavioral health IT projects
The Department of Health and Human Services Sept. 17 announced it has awarded a total of $2 million to two recipients to create tools to improve care delivery, advance research capabilities and address emerging challenges related to interoperable health information technology. Columbia University Hospital in New York will be tasked with developing innovative ways to evaluate and improve the quality of health care data used by artificial intelligence tools. Oregon Health and Science University will work on advancing the adoption of health IT in behavioral health settings. The funds were awarded through HHS' Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health IT program.
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