Overview
- HHS released the departmentwide “OneHHS” roadmap to coordinate AI across CDC, CMS, FDA, NIH and other divisions through a centralized infrastructure.
- The plan, led by acting chief AI officer Clark Minor, rests on five pillars: governance and risk, infrastructure and platforms, workforce development, research reproducibility, and modernization of care and public health.
- HHS will stand up a senior governance board, create a departmentwide AI tool inventory, and train staff under a try‑first culture that already includes employee access to ChatGPT.
- The strategy fulfills Trump administration directives and OMB guidance, begins with internal efficiency goals, and sets the stage for private‑sector collaboration on priority health problems.
- Lawmakers praised the move, while experts warned about protecting sensitive medical data and gaps in safeguards for aggregated information; HHS reports 271 AI projects in FY2024 and projects roughly 70% growth in 2025.