India, June 10 -- The deficit is not in technology. The deficit is in AI literacy among policymakers.

Over the past decade, nations have invested heavily in training clinicians, engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs. Very little attention, however, has been paid to training policymakers who must decide whether an AI system is safe enough to triage patients, fair enough to allocate health care resources, or trustworthy enough to influence clinical decisions. This is the missing link in health care transformation.

Health care systems are ultimately shaped not by algorithms alone, but by policy decisions; regulations, reimbursement frameworks, procurement rules, ethical standards, educational reforms, and public investments. If pol...