Health Tech for the People (HT4P): A transdisciplinary research initiative focused on artificial intelligence tech ethics and design for health justice.

Rachel Rae Walker¹, Jess Dillard-Wright², Ravi Karkar³, Joohyun Chung², Jason Molony⁴, Cory Ellen Gatrall⁵

¹Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; Health Tech for the People (HT4P), Center for Personalized Health Monitoring, Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA. Electronic address: R.Walker@UMass.edu.

²Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; Health Tech for the People (HT4P), Center for Personalized Health Monitoring, Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA.

³Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; Health Tech for the People (HT4P), Center for Personalized Health Monitoring, Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA.

⁴Health Tech for the People (HT4P), Center for Personalized Health Monitoring, Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; LifePath, Greenfield, MA.

⁵Health Tech for the People (HT4P), Center for Personalized Health Monitoring, Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; ACTIONS Lab, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Technologies animated by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning proliferate in nursing's work and health care. Rapidly evolving AI technologies demand ethics and research infrastructure responsive to this dynamic landscape. PURPOSE: We founded Health Tech for the People (HT4P) to develop a critical technology ethics for more accountable, human-centered design of AI technolo…

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