Artificial Intelligence
CMS lists AI assistant pledgees
A CMS page set out a pledge for conversational AI assistants that could connect to health-data networks and named a long list of companies as early adopters and pledgees.
- The page set out a company pledge for conversational AI assistants.
- The pledge said the tools could connect to CMS Aligned Networks or personal health record apps.
- It said the assistants would use relevant health information only with patient consent and would separate educational material from clinical guidance.
- The page named Anthropic, Microsoft AI, OpenAI, Oura, Sharecare and UnitedHealth Group among the early adopters.
- It also carried a longer list of additional pledgees.
The page opened with a pledge for conversational AI assistants that could link to CMS Aligned Networks or personal health record apps. It said the systems would use relevant health information only after the patient agreed.
The pledge said the tools would distinguish educational material from clinical guidance. It also said they would help patients directly when suitable and direct them to a health professional when needed.
Under the heading for early adopters, the page named Anthropic, Brado, b.well Connected Health, Citizen Health, Curai Health, Ellipsis Health, Hippocratic AI, K Health, Microsoft AI, NantHealth, NightingaleMD, Nuna, OpenAI, Oura, Polygon Health, Sharecare, UnitedHealth Group and Zocdoc.
A longer section then listed additional pledgees by name. That roster included many health, technology and insurance companies, along with patient and research groups.
Named in this story
Companies
- Anthropic
- was listed among the early adopters
- Brado
- was listed among the early adopters
- b.well Connected Health
- was listed among the early adopters
- Citizen Health
- was listed among the early adopters
- Curai Health
- was listed among the early adopters
- Microsoft AI
- was listed among the early adopters
- OpenAI
- was listed among the early adopters
- Oura
- was listed among the early adopters
- Sharecare
- was listed among the early adopters
- UnitedHealth Group
- was listed among the early adopters
- Zocdoc
- was listed among the early adopters
Organisations
- CMS Aligned Networks
- the networks the pledge said assistants could connect to
How the source tells it
The page read like a plain administrative pledge, with a list-driven register and no evident emotive framing.
No emotive framing was found in the original.