Why Micky Tripathi faces an uphill battle

On a humid afternoon in Washington in late September, Micky Tripathi faced a small crowd in a Capitol row house, ready to launch into a few dozen slides explaining exactly what he does in the federal government .

“I know we have a very short window of time,” he said at a lunch of digital health professionals from companies like Microsoft, Ernst & Young and Adobe, “and of course , I have about 10 times more content than anyone could, you know, consume. So fasten your seat belts.

Tripathi is the top official at the Department of Health and Human Services, driving much of President Biden’s agenda to regulate how artificial intelligence is used in health care. He is also responsible for a crucial HHS reorganization aimed at streamlining how disparate agencies within the department set standards for, invest in, set standards for, or fund its use in the health system national.