ICMR releases ethical guidelines for AI usage in healthcare
- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the country’s first ‘Ethical Guidelines for Application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research and Healthcare’
The Guidelines
- It aimed at creating “an ethics framework which can assist in the development, deployment, and adoption of AI-based solutions” in the fields specified.
- Objective: To make “AI-assisted platforms available for the benefit of largest section of common people with safety and highest precision possible,” while also addressing emerging ethical challenges when it comes to Artificial Intelligence in biomedical research and healthcare delivery.
To be updated
- Developed through extensive discussions with experts and ethicists, the guidelines include sections on ethical principles, guiding principles for stakeholders, an ethics review process, governance of AI usage, and informed consent.
- It is intended for all stakeholders involved in research on AI in biomedical research and healthcare.
- As per the guidelines, the ethical review process for artificial intelligence in health comes under the domain of the ethics committee.
PRelims Take Away
- ICMR
- AI