Bradley Merrill Thompson, Member of the Firm in the Health Care & Life Sciences practice, in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, was featured in AHLA’s Speaking of Health Law podcast, “AI in Health Care: Managing Algorithmic Bias and Fairness.”
Following is an excerpt:
Brad M. Thompson, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC, Chris Provan, Managing Director & Senior Principal Data Scientist, Mosaic Data Science, and Sam Tyner-Monroe, Ph.D., Managing Director of Responsible AI, DLA Piper LLP (US), discuss how to analyze and mitigate the risk of bias in artificial intelligence through the lens of data science. They cover HHS’ Section 1557 Final Rule as it pertains to algorithmic bias, examples of biased algorithms, the role of proxies, stratification of algorithms by risk, how to test for biased algorithms, how compliance programs can be adapted to meet the unique needs of algorithmic bias, the NIST Risk Management Framework, whether it’s possible to ever get rid of bias, and how explainability and transparency can mitigate bias. Brad, Chris, and Sam spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Complexities of AI in Health Care in Chicago, IL.