AI Use Cases in Healthcare: Growth, Governance and Risk

Attorney Wendell Bartnick of Reed Smith on Critical Considerations Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • December 29, 2025 28 Minutes

Use cases for artificial intelligence in healthcare will continue to explode in 2026 - including for back-office automation, ambient clinical documentation in exam rooms, claims processing and clinical decision support. So will critical privacy, security, legal and other risk considerations, said attorney Wendell Bartnick of law firm Reed Smith.

"I really think it comes down to governance," Bartnick said in an in-depth interview with Information Security Media Group about the expanding AI opportunities and associated risks in healthcare.

The types and degree of risks vary with different kinds of use cases of AI in healthcare but all entities considering AI deployments need to do their governance homework, he said.

"Until there's more regulation, the place I would go is to look at the National Institute of ...