Healthcare AI organizations, Joint Commission and CHAI, publish preliminary advice for ethical implementation of AI technology in American healthcare facilities nationwide.

On September 17, 2025, the Joint Commission and the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) unveiled the first installment of their collaborative work, titled "Guidance on Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare." This guidance is designed to help U.S. health systems implement artificial intelligence (AI) safely and effectively at scale.

The partnership between these two organizations aims to guide health systems in effectively utilizing AI to improve patient outcomes, foster increased innovation within expert and field-driven guidelines and guardrails, and lead to overall better health outcomes. The Joint Commission, founded in 1951, is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare, evaluating more than 23,000 healthcare organizations and programs across the United States.

CHAI is committed to convening and dialogue to achieve consensus, and there is no limit to who can join and participate. The membership, which is open and rapidly expanding, includes health systems, patient advocacy groups, and a wide range of industry leaders and start-ups across the healthcare and technology ecosystems. More information about a CHAI membership can be found at the provided link.

The guidance establishes that policies, appropriate local validation, monitoring, and use should be flexibly interpreted and integrated into existing or new processes as deemed appropriate for the context of any organization. It features high-level recommendations for the Responsible Use of AI, and is intended to be accessible, applicable, and adaptable for healthcare organizations at any stage of their AI journey.

Following the launch of the governance playbooks, the Joint Commission will develop a voluntary AI certification based on the final set of playbooks and open it to its more than 22,000 accredited and certified healthcare organizations nationwide. The guidance released by the Joint Commission and CHAI is publicly available at https://www.jointcommission.org/en-us/about-us/key-initiatives/ai-data-analytics-research.

Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO of CHAI, stated that the need for this guidance is immediate and that it is intended to keep pace with the evolving field of AI, not just by defining responsible AI, but by making it usable in hospitals and health systems across the country, regardless of their resource level. The guidance is meant to provide transparency into the Joint Commission-CHAI process, and community feedback on this guidance will be incorporated into future outputs.

The Joint Commission's website is located at www.jointcommission.org. The organization that merged with the Joint Commission to support the safe and effective implementation of AI in healthcare is not clearly identified in the provided search results. The guidance is intended to inspire healthcare organizations to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. A series of products are scheduled to launch later this year and into 2026, including governance playbooks, which will be built on the original guidance, incorporating feedback received from the community, and providing more practical and applied details.

Healthcare AI organizations, Joint Commission and CHAI, publish preliminary advice for ethical implementation of AI technology in American healthcare facilities nationwide.