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AHA urges flexible, risk-based oversight for generative AI devices

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The hospital association called on the FDA to balance patient safety and innovation as it develops a regulatory framework for GenAI medical devices.

Arguing that oversight should protect patients without slowing innovation, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a flexible, risk-based approach to regulating generative AI-enabled (GenAI) medical devices.

In comments submitted October 19, the AHA responded to the FDA’s discussion paper on

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