“… Jose Arrieta, the CIO at the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), interviewed on a recent AI Today podcast episode while he was the associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition at HHS is one such leader who sees how AI and blockchain can have a big impact at the agency. He became a program manager to build IT systems to use machine learning to analyze biographical information about people. His role evolved into an individual in the government to implement blockchain within artificial intelligence and machine learning focusing on data and data analytics.”
“HHS is a very large agency with over $1.1 trillion dollars of impact on US GDP. The agency is there to protect the human condition from infectious diseases. With AI and blockchain technology, Jose is looking into deriving insights to drive costs down as it relates to operating and protecting the human condition and save human lives. As a large organization with over a million contracts issued over an 18-month period, Mr. Arrieta realized it would be helpful to get an understanding of the contract activity that is occurring across the HHS portfolio.” Read the full article here.
Source: Adoption of AI and Blockchain at HHS: Interview with Jose Arrieta, US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) – By Kathleen Walch, November 4, 2019. Forbes.