June 12, 2025- The Joint Commission, and the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), a nonprofit organization founded by clinicians to advance responsible health AI, announced a new partnership to accelerate the development and adoption of AI best practices and guidance across the U.S. healthcare system.
Together, the organizations will use their scale and expertise to co-develop a suite of AI playbooks, tools, and a new certification program rooted in The Joint Commission’s platform for evidence-based standards, and CHAI’s consensus-based best practices for health AI.
Adoption of AI in healthcare, from patient monitoring to drug approvals, is rapidly increasing. According to 2024 research, 46% of US healthcare organizations are in initial implementation of generative AI, and that number is only expected to grow. While the industry is embracing uses for AI, guidance on implementation is needed for all organizations to protect their staff, patients and operations. To meet this demand, this partnership will be the first to issue AI guidance for over 80 percent of healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S.
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