National Academy of Medicine Announces Steering Group for Patient Safety in the Era of AI Initiative and Upcoming 2026 Launch

Summary: The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is starting a big project in spring 2026 called "Patient Safety in the Era of AI." Twenty-five years ago, a famous report called To Err is Human showed that many patients were accidentally harmed in hospitals. While things have gotten better since then, healthcare is now much more complicated and new errors can happen.

NAM believes artificial intelligence (AI) can help stop these mistakes and reach a goal of "zero harm." To make this happen, they have put together a special team of experts from top hospitals (like Mayo Clinic), tech companies (like Google and Microsoft), and patient groups. Over two years, this team will create a national plan to use AI safely to protect patients and fix old problems in the healthcare system.

For more details, see nam at nam.edu/news-and-insights/patient-safety-in-the-era-of-ai-announcement/ (opens in new tab)