Advocacy

A trusted voice on health data policy

ASHDS brings practitioner evidence to regulators and lawmakers on AI, privacy, and the health data workforce.

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Our positions

Statements & comment letters

May 2026

Position Statement: Ongoing Monitoring of Deployed Clinical AI

ASHDS calls for every health system to assign a named owner and a monitoring plan to each clinical algorithm in production.

Feb 2026

Comment Letter to ONC on Decision Support Transparency

Our response supporting source-attribute disclosure, with recommendations to reduce burden on small community health centers.

Nov 2025

Joint Statement on Health Data Workforce Funding

With four partner societies, ASHDS urged Congress to expand training grants for public health informatics.

Legislative tracker

BillNameStatusASHDS position
H.R. 4127Health AI Accountability ActIn committeeSupport with amendments
S. 2290Public Health Data Modernization ActPassed SenateSupport
H.R. 3381Patient Data Portability ActIntroducedMonitoring