Source: Tradeoffs Podcast
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology proposed new regulations in April that would require developers to share with clinicians a fuller picture of what data were used to build algorithms. Kathryn Marchesini, the agency’s chief privacy officer, described the new regulations as a “nutrition label” that helps doctors know “the ingredients used to make the algorithm.” The hope is more transparency will help providers determine if an algorithm is unbiased enough to safely use on patients.