June 1, 2026- Joint Commission announced the launch of its new Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare (RUAIH) certification. RUAIH delivers on a promise made in 2025 when the company released initial guidance to help U.S. health systems safely and effectively implement AI, which was developed after Joint Commission convened more than 20 key coalitions and groups with expertise in both healthcare and technology.
While AI tools are proving to be increasingly revolutionary, the use of AI also inevitably comes with some risk, from data privacy and security, to data inaccuracies, to lack of transparency in the AI decision-making process, and more. At its core, RUAIH recognizes that responsible AI use is not only a technology issue – it is a patient safety, quality, governance, privacy, and trust issue.
RUAIH is a voluntary certification program designed to recognize hospitals, critical access hospitals, and health systems in the U.S. that demonstrate they have the governance, safeguards, monitoring processes, and education in place to use AI responsibly in healthcare settings. The certification focuses on the safe, reliable, transparent, and ethical use of AI by healthcare organizations – it does not validate or certify individual AI products or tools.