Overview
- The plan is built on five pillars: governance and risk management; infrastructure and platform design; workforce development and burden reduction; research and reproducibility; and care and public-health modernization.
- A unified OneHHS approach will coordinate AI across CDC, CMS, FDA, NIH and other divisions to build shared infrastructure, streamline workflows and bolster cybersecurity.
- Acting Chief AI Officer Clark Minor is leading implementation, with the effort focused on internal modernization that will later guide collaboration with private-sector partners.
- HHS says the strategy fulfills directives from the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan, related executive orders and OMB guidance, and Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill says AI can revolutionize health and human services.
- Lawmakers praised the emphasis on transparency, risk management and taxpayer value, while experts questioned how HHS will protect sensitive medical data as the department projects a 70% increase over 271 AI implementations in 2025.