White House Releases AI Action Plan Aimed at Accelerating Innovation, Including in Health Care

The White House has released its AI Action Plan, outlining a deregulatory roadmap aimed at advancing artificial intelligence (AI) across US industries, including health care. The 28-page plan, directed by President Donald Trump’s executive order “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” proposes regulatory sandboxes, revised standards, and incentives to encourage AI development and adoption.

According to reporting by Fierce Healthcare, the plan is structured around 3 core pillars: accelerating AI innovation, building AI infrastructure, and leading global AI diplomacy and security. The administration emphasizes a “try-first” approach to regulation, especially in health care, citing the sector’s slow adoption of AI due to “distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards.”

“Many of America’s most critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt,” the plan states. “A coordinated Federal effort would be beneficial in establishing a dynamic, ‘try-first’ culture for AI across American industry.”

The plan assigns a key role to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which will coordinate domain-specific efforts to create productivity metrics and develop standards for AI applications in health care. The framework will be revised to remove references to diversity, equity, inclusion, climate change, and misinformation.

The administration proposes AI Centers of Excellence to test commercial innovations and will support open-source model development to “prevent companies from sharing intellectual property with closed-source AI developers.” It also warns that federal AI funding could be withheld from states with “burdensome AI regulations.”

Workforce training is also a priority, with plans to explore tax-free reimbursement eligibility for AI education programs. Additional measures include forming a council of federal AI officers and creating a centralized procurement process for AI technologies.

Reference 
Beavins E. White House releases AI Action Plan looks to speed adoption in healthcare. Fierce Healthcare. Published July 23, 2025. Accessed July 28, 2025. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/white-house-releases-ai-action-plan-looks-speed-adoption-healthcare