• The National Health Authority (NHA) and IIT Kanpur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a digital public goods platform for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

• This platform will include a federated learning system, an open benchmarking platform for comparing AI models, and a consent management system.

• The initiative, overseen by the NHA, aims to unlock AI’s potential for improving health outcomes, especially in disease diagnosis.

• According to the Union Health Secretary, the platform will enhance the accessibility of high-quality health data for researchers while ensuring privacy and security.

• The collaboration seeks to foster trust in AI healthcare applications and improve the efficiency of India’s healthcare system by addressing fragmented data access and creating reliable benchmarks for AI models.

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