Inside PACT AI: Health Systems Push for Independent AI Verification Standards
Independent, third-party verification of healthcare AI is the gap PACT AI is built to close. Mount Sinai Health System and Denver Health have joined the Partnership for Assurance, Credibility and Trust on AI (PACT AI), a new coalition — with founding members including Target and assurance firms such as UL Solutions, Humane Intelligence, Apollo Research, BABL AI, and AI insurer Armilla — developing shared standards to test whether AI systems perform safely and as intended. Founding members spent 90 days shaping the group’s governance, independence commitments, and accountability structure. PACT AI’s early work targets federal and state policy advocacy, professionalizing the AI assurance sector, and growing the market for credible third-party AI verification.
As health systems field a growing deluge of AI vendor pitches, an independent assurance layer gives operators a way to separate validated tools from hype — and a governance model to point to when boards, clinicians, and regulators ask how AI decisions are verified and who is accountable.
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What is PACT AI and which health systems have joined it?
PACT AI — the Partnership for Assurance, Credibility and Trust on AI — is a coalition building independent verification standards for AI systems. Mount Sinai Health System and Denver Health are founding healthcare members, alongside Target and assurance firms including UL Solutions, Humane Intelligence, Apollo Research, BABL AI, Eticas, and AI insurer Armilla.
Why do health systems need independent, third-party AI verification?
Independent verification lets health systems confirm that AI tools perform safely and as intended without relying solely on vendor claims. With systems fielding a rising volume of AI pitches, a credible assurance layer helps separate validated tools from hype and clarifies accountability across the AI value chain.
What will PACT AI focus on first?
PACT AI’s early work targets three areas: federal and state policy advocacy, professionalizing the AI assurance sector, and growing the market for credible third-party AI verification. Founding members spent 90 days establishing the coalition’s governance structure, independence commitments, and accountability standards.