Community Conversation
It’s Time for a GenAI Oath in Healthcare
This session provides an overview of the issues involved in integrating GenAI into healthcare. Because of its importance and the possibility of risks to patients, it argues that developers and users should take an oath similar to those taken by physicians. These issues are essential for advocates to understand and contemplate because GenAI is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in every aspect of healthcare.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and describe at least three specific risks that GenAI poses to patients and explain how an oath-based approach addresses each risk.
- State the three essential components of an oath and the key difference between oaths and ethics statements.
- Assume your organization decides to draft an Oath tailored to its mission. List the elements you believe should be included.
About The Speaker –
Glenna Crooks, Ph.D., is a strategist, innovator, and trusted counsel to government and business leaders known for organizing chaos and solving complex problems. She was a government official, the global vice president of Merck’s Vaccine Business, and the founder of an international strategy firm. A graduate of Indiana University, she is a Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroscience and Society and the Drexel University Center for Population Health and Community Involvement. She was Chairman of the National Commission on Rare Diseases, a member of the National Council of the Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and the Institute of Medicine Committee to advise the Department of Defense on bioterrorism/biowarfare countermeasures. She received the Congressional Exemplary Service Award for Orphan Products Development, the Surgeon General’s Medallion, the Marie Curie Award, and was named a Disruptive Woman to Watch. The Oath for GenAI in Healthcare is her third exploration of healthcare oaths. It follows two books and an Oath for Digital Health Games.