STAT+: Rolling back health AI transparency rule will shift the burden of vetting to health systems

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Source: STAT News

Original: https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/deregulating-health-ai-transparency-rule-shi...

Published: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:17:17 +0000

The proposal to deregulate artificial intelligence products used in healthcare will shift the burden of validating these tools to health systems. The repeal of the healthcare AI transparency rule means that healthcare organisations will take responsibility for vetting AI tools. These systems will have to be self-checked for safety and reliability by healthcare facilities. The rule originally imposed a transparency obligation on manufacturers of AI products. The repeal will shift the entire burden to health system operators. Health systems will thus lose support from outside regulation in vetting AI.