U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) serves to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained scientific advances in medicine, public health, and social services. This mission, supported by and connected to the missions of its partners, including state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments, requires HHS to continue to align department efforts and priorities to address the evolving health and human services needs of the nation.

HHS plays a variety of critical roles within this shared mission, serving as, for example, a regulator of the health industry, purchaser of healthcare, catalyst for innovation in the delivery of health and human services, investor of grant and research funding, and convener of common interests and priorities for ensuring the health and well-being of all Americans. As the department builds upon its current capabilities and adapts to a changing environment and emerging technology, HHS recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a critical enabler of its mission in the future.