Healthcare AI Platform Collaborative Innovation Partnership (HAIP) and Health ISAC Japan (HIJ) Issue Joint Proposal on the Importance of Cybersecurity Measures for Generative AI Utilization in the Medical Field

【Overview】
The Healthcare AI Platform Collaborative Innovation Partnership (HAIP), a non-profit organization approved by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the General Incorporated Association Health ISAC Japan (HIJ) have issued a joint proposal on the importance of cybersecurity measures for the utilization of generative AI in the medical field.

In recent years, with the advancement of medical DX (Digital Transformation), the use of generative AI in the medical field has been rapidly expanding. Its practical application as a technology that contributes to reducing the workload of medical professionals and improving the quality of medical care, such as creating and summarizing medical records and generating patient explanations, is accelerating. It is expected that generative AI will become indispensable in medical operations in the future.

On the other hand, as cyberattacks become more sophisticated and cunning, cybersecurity measures accompanying the use of generative AI are not necessarily sufficiently established.

For example, in the FY2026 medical fee revision, the evaluation of generative AI and robots will be newly positioned, and the importance of appropriate cybersecurity measures was indicated as a prerequisite.

However, the cyber risks associated with generative AI have many qualitatively different characteristics from the cyber risks assumed by conventional medical information systems. While conventional medical information systems primarily aim to store, refer to, and share input data, generative AI's main purpose is to generate new texts and decision support information based on input information, connected to external services and learning platforms, to support operations.

Therefore, the design of medical operations using generative AI itself is thought to inherently carry the risk of transforming information flow paths and decision-making processes, creating new points of impact for attacks and failures.

However, many medical institutions are in a situation where the necessity of security based on such new risks has not been sufficiently considered, and appropriate measures have not been taken, due to adherence to conventional measures or problems such as a lack of human resources.

In light of this situation, the Healthcare AI Platform Collaborative Innovation Partnership (HAIP) and the General Incorporated Association Health ISAC Japan (HIJ) have decided to issue a joint proposal on the importance of security for realizing the safe and effective utilization of generative AI in the medical field.

This proposal highlights the importance of planned initiatives for individual medical institutions to gradually establish comprehensive security governance led by management, such as chairpersons, hospital directors, and administrative managers. Furthermore, from a medium- to long-term perspective, based on the idea that a mechanism is needed to ensure that disparities in security response among medical institutions due to differences in resources do not affect the quality of original medical operations, the proposal advocates for the necessity of a joint platform to realize continuous and equitable utilization of safe generative AI.

HAIP and HIJ will continue to promote the concretization of this proposal in cooperation with medical institutions and stakeholders from government, private sector, and academia, jointly advancing guideline development, strengthening information sharing platforms, human resource development, and demonstration/dissemination activities.

Through these activities, we aim to achieve both the utilization of generative AI in the medical field and appropriate cybersecurity, contributing to patient protection and the realization of a sustainable medical care provision system.

【Proposal】
Joint Proposal on the Importance of Cybersecurity Measures for Generative AI Utilization in the Medical Field

【Overview of Healthcare AI Platform Collaborative Innovation Partnership (HAIP)】
Name
Healthcare AI Platform Collaborative Innovation Partnership (HAIP)
(English name: Healthcare AI Platform Collaborative Innovation Partnership)
Establishment Date
April 1, 2021
Location
1-1-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Board of Directors
Chairman: Atsushi Ugajin (Representative Partner & CEO, HumaNex.AI LLC)
Director: Akihiro Umezawa (Special Assistant to the President, National Center for Child Health and Development)
Director: Katsuhiko Ozaki (Chairman of the Board, Tokushukai Information System Co., Ltd.)
Director: Hiroyasu Nakatsuka (General Manager, Corporate Business Promotion Department 2, Corporate Business Strategy Division, SoftBank Corp.)
Director: Ryota Sato (Executive Officer, Managing Director, Global Communications IT Services Division, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.)
Director: Hiroaki Miyake (Manager, Business Promotion Department 3, Business Development Division, BIPROGY Inc.)
Members
BIPROGY Inc.
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
SoftBank Corp.
Tokushukai Information System Co., Ltd.
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
National Center for Child Health and Development
InterSystems Japan Corporation
Hokkaido University (National University Corporation)
National Institute of Health Sciences
Juntendo University (School Corporation)
LifeQuest Co., Ltd.
J's Technology Co., Ltd.