[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86804-86805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25140]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Meeting on the Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Safety 
Program

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: HHS is directed by Executive order (E.O.) to establish an 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Safety Program in 
partnership with federally listed Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs). 
The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting to discuss 
implementation of the Executive order to establish the AI in Healthcare 
Safety Program. This meeting is designed as an interactive forum where 
participants can provide input on the future of the program.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m. eastern on Friday, 
November 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erofile Gripiotis, Program Analyst, 
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; 
Telephone (local): (301) 427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231; TTY 
(local): (301) 427-1130; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfcfccd0ffded7cdce91d7d7cc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d6d5c9e6c7ced4d788ceced588c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 
299b-21 to 299b-26 (Patient Safety Act), and the related Patient Safety 
and Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42 CFR part 3 (Patient Safety 
Rule), published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008, 73 FR 
70731-70814, provide for the Federal listing of Patient Safety 
Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze 
confidential information (patient safety work product) regarding the 
quality and safety of healthcare delivery.
    The Patient Safety Act also authorizes the development of data 
standards, known as the Common Formats, to facilitate the aggregation 
and analysis of non-identifiable patient safety work product collected 
by PSOs and reported to the Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD). 
(42 U.S.C. 299b-23(b)). The Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule 
can be accessed at: http://www.pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/.
    Section 8(iv) of E.O. 14110 requires the Secretary of HHS, in 
consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, to 
establish an AI safety program that, in partnership with PSOs, will:
    <bullet> establish a common framework for approaches to identifying 
and capturing clinical errors resulting from AI deployed in healthcare 
settings as well as specifications for a central tracking repository 
for associated incidents that cause harm, including through bias or 
discrimination, to patients, caregivers, or other parties;
    <bullet> analyze captured data and generated evidence to develop, 
wherever appropriate, recommendations, best practices, or other 
informal guidelines aimed at avoiding these harms; and
    <bullet> disseminate those recommendations, best practices, or 
other informal guidelines to appropriate stakeholders, including 
healthcare providers.

Agenda, Registration, and Other Information About the Meeting

    AHRQ will be hosting this fully virtual meeting to discuss 
implementation of the AI in Healthcare Safety Program with members of 
the public, including PSOs and other interested parties. Agenda topics 
will include recent AI-related analyses from the NPSD, available 
program resources, and speakers from the Assistant Secretary for 
Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology and the Coalition for Health AI. Active 
participation and discussion by meeting participants is encouraged, 
including through breakout sessions.
    AHRQ requests that interested persons send an email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a495e577f7f6e73747d695a73747c7374736e637975747c7f687f74797f6934797577"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d182959cb4b4a5b8bfb6a291b8bfb7b8bfb8a5a8b2bebfb7b4a3b4bfb2b4a2ffb2bebc">[email protected]</span></a> for registration information. Before 
the meeting, an agenda and logistical information will be provided to 
registrants.

    Dated: October 24, 2024.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-25140 Filed 10-30-24; 8:45 am]
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