澳大利亚卫生与技术领域领导者发布《医疗保健领域 AI 国家政策路线图》
Australian health and technology leaders release the National Policy Roadmap for AI in Healthcare
澳大利亚拥有引领医疗保健创新的重大机遇，今日发布的一份新的 AI 路线图概述了安全采用 AI 的优先事项，并呼吁采取紧急行动。第3版《医疗保健领域 AI 国家政策路线图》由 Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare（AAAiH）制定，并获得 Australian Institute of Health Innovation（AIHI）、Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre（DHCRC）、CSIRO’s Australian eHealth Research Centre 和 RMIT University 的支持。该路线图提出了更新后的国家政策议程，以支持 AI 在整个卫生系统中的安全、有效和广泛采用。路线图是在广泛征询医疗保健行业意见的基础上制定的，纳入了来自96个以上组织以及20个行业最高代表机构和政府机构的意见。路线图围绕八个优先领域提出了28项建议，包括领导力、治理、主权能力、劳动力发展、消费者参与、产业和研究。主要作者、AAAiH 创始人兼 AIHI 主任 Enrico Coiera 教授表示，澳大利亚已到了一个关键时刻，需要确定 AI 将如何塑造医疗保健的未来。“医疗保健领域以变革迟缓而著称，因此我们必须找到新的敏捷方式来应对这些历史性挑战。我们的口号必须是：不要走，要跑起来。”Coiera 教授说。Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre 首席执行官 Annette Schmiede 兼职教授表示，该路线图为协调澳大利亚的各项努力、确保在整个医疗保健领域负责任地使用 AI 提供了重要机会。“通过我们的研究项目和倡议，我们亲眼见证了 AI 在各种卫生场景中的日益广泛使用。现在的挑战是确保 AI 的采用由明确的证据、强有力的治理以及行业协作来指导。”Schmiede 兼职教授说。主权 AI：路线图的关键建议之一是强烈呼吁澳大利亚发展主权 AI 能力，构建足够的技术独立性、本地专业知识、基础设施和治理，以减少对国际技术提供商的依赖。路线图建议发展由澳大利亚控制的生成式 AI 能力，使其针对本地医疗保健需求进行优化，并在澳大利亚境内实施治理。隐私：路线图还呼吁投资于联邦学习等保护隐私的 AI 技术，使 AI 的开发不一定需要在机构之间共享患者原始数据；同时要求 AI 系统针对澳大利亚人群、服务和健康需求进行本地校准，而不是依赖进口模型。国家最佳实践：为加快采用，路线图建议制定有关临床 AI 采购、实施和运行的国家最佳实践指南，帮助卫生服务机构超越孤立的试点，转向大规模部署。消费者：对于消费者，路线图提议建立一个由 AI 支持的医疗保健国家“入口”，利用 AI 改善获取服务的便利性以及在 1800 Medicare 和 My Aged Care 等服务之间的导航。研发：路线图进一步呼吁大幅增加对 AI 研究的投资，包括通过 NHMRC 和 MRFF 建立专门的 AI 资助渠道，以及成立一个或多个大型医疗保健 AI 卓越研究中心。培训：路线图还建议为医疗保健劳动力提供 AI 培训，并创建国家首席 AI 官培训项目，以培养新一代领导者，使其能够推动 AI 在各医疗保健组织中的采购、治理和实施。“问题已不再是 AI 是否会改变医疗保健，而是澳大利亚是否准备好以一种能够为患者和临床医生带来最大益处的方式引导这一转型。”Coiera 教授说。请点击此处阅读第3版《医疗保健领域 AI 国家政策路线图》。文章《澳大利亚卫生与技术领域领导者发布〈医疗保健领域 AI 国家政策路线图〉》最初发表于 Digital Health CRC。
Australia has a significant opportunity to lead healthcare innovation, with a new AI roadmap released today outlining priorities for safe adoption and calling for urgent action. The 3rd National Policy Roadmap for AI in Healthcare was developed by the Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAAiH) and supported by the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC), CSIRO’s Australian eHealth Research Centre and RMIT University. It provides a renewed national policy agenda to support the safe, effective and widespread adoption of AI across the health system. The Roadmap is informed by extensive consultation across the healthcare sector, incorporating input from more than 96 organisations and 20 peak bodies and government agencies. It makes 28 recommendations across eight priority areas including leadership, governance, sovereign capability, workforce development, consumer engagement, industry and research. Professor Enrico Coiera, lead author, AAAiH Founder and AIHI Director, said Australia has reached a critical point in determining how AI will shape the future of healthcare. “Healthcare is well known for its inertia to change and so we must find new agile ways to meet these historic challenges. Our mantra must be: Don’t walk. Run,” Professor Coiera said. Adjunct Professor Annette Schmiede, CEO of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre, said the Roadmap provides an important opportunity to align Australia’s efforts and ensure the responsible use of AI across healthcare. “We have witnessed first-hand across our research projects and initiatives the increasing use of AI across health settings. The challenge now is to ensure adoption is guided by clear evidence, strong governance and collaboration across the sector,” Adjunct Professor Schmiede said. Sovereign AI: Among its key recommendations, the Roadmap makes a strong call for Australia to develop sovereign AI capability, building sufficient technological independence, local expertise, infrastructure and governance to reduce reliance on international technology providers. It recommends the development of Australian-controlled generative AI capabilities, optimised to local healthcare needs and governed within Australia. Privacy: The Roadmap also calls for investment in privacy-preserving AI technologies such as federated learning, enabling AI development without necessarily sharing raw patient data across institutions, and for AI systems to be locally calibrated to Australian populations, services and health needs rather than relying on imported models. National best-practice: To accelerate adoption, the Roadmap recommends national best-practice guidance on the procurement, implementation and operation of clinical AI, helping health services move beyond isolated pilots to large-scale deployment. Consumers: For consumers, it proposes a national AI-enabled “front door” for healthcare, using AI to improve access to and navigation across services such as 1800 Medicare and My Aged Care. R&D: The Roadmap further calls for major investment in AI research, including dedicated AI funding pathways through the NHMRC and MRFF and the establishment of one or more large-scale Centres of Research Excellence in Healthcare AI. Training: The Roadmap also recommends AI training for the healthcare workforce and the creation of a national Chief AI Officer training program to develop a new generation of leaders capable of driving the procurement, governance and implementation of AI across healthcare organisations. “The question is no longer whether AI will transform healthcare, but whether Australia is ready to guide that transformation in a way that delivers the greatest benefit to patients and clinicians,” Professor Coiera said. Read the 3rd National Policy Roadmap for AI in Healthcare here. The post Australian health and technology leaders release the National Policy Roadmap for AI in Healthcare appeared first on Digital Health CRC.