Bridging the AI Gap: From Pilot Projects to Sustainable AI Governance in Public Health

Overview:

This is a live webinar on February 10, 2026, from 12 – 1:30 pm ET. Participants will use Zoom to join. 

Uncover the paradox facing public health today: more than 75% of agencies are experimenting with AI tools, yet 85% still lack the governance policies needed to use them responsibly. This session will discuss findings from a landmark survey of 25+ state and local health departments, exploring the critical gap between AI enthusiasm and responsible implementation. Learn how to navigate concerns around data privacy, algorithmic bias, and public trust while harnessing AI’s transformative efficiency. Walk away with a practical readiness checklist to move your organization from experimentation to sustainable AI adoption.

Presenters:

Anil Jain, MD, FACP, is Chief Innovation Officer at Innovaccer. He brings extensive experience from IBM Watson Health, the Cleveland Clinic, and Explorys to drive clinical informatics, interoperability, and digital transformation. Dr. Jain leads the development of Innovaccer’s Health Cloud innovations to unify data and workflows across care ecosystems. 

Nate Wienert is the Area Vice President, Public Sector at Innovaccer. With over two decades of experience in healthcare, Nate offers a diverse perspective on programs serving the nation’s most vulnerable communities. At Innovaccer, Nate collaborates with health and human service clients, utilizing our cutting-edge data integration, analytics, and value-based payment solutions to elevate health outcomes.

Britteny Matero is a Partner and Senior Vice President at Innsena, a health care technology go-to-market consultancy. Britteny works closely with health tech companies, HIEs, and state and federal partners to identify opportunities that support healthcare strategies and advance critical initiatives. Britteny oversees the Market Access line of business. Britteny comes to Innsena from Collective Medical, where she was the Sr. Director of Government Relations, Public Policy, and Social Impact. Prior to that, she spent nearly 12 years in state and local government. As a Director/Manager with Oregon Health Authority’s (OHAs) Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT), she helped establish Oregon’s public-private partnership for statewide health IT adoption and spread, oversaw health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability programs, and also managed the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program

Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Analyze the AI readiness gap in public health organizations.

• Recognize why governance frameworks are essential for sustainable implementation.

• Evaluate key ethical and operational challenges in AI adoption, including data privacy concerns and strategies for building public trust.

• Identify actionable strategies for closing the adoption-governance gap through structured data integration with community-centered AI deployment that supports public health’s mission.

CERTIFICATE: The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing these modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.