Why AI Use in Healthcare Requires Continuous Oversight

Dave Bailey of Clearwater on Critical AI Trust, Risk, Governance Considerations Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 30, 2026 15 Minutes

Artificial intelligence use in healthcare is only as safe and accurate as the governance and trust frameworks surrounding it, said Dave Bailey, vice president at healthcare privacy and security consultancy Clearwater. That's particularly the case in clinical environments where errors or hallucinations can directly impact patient care.

"Any autonomous use of AI in clinical decision-making can be very dangerous, and organizations that are implementing AI need to have the processes in place, have the understanding that they've tested the data, they trust it," he said.

Should a nurse find an error in an AI-generated clinical summary within an electronic health record, there needs to be a process and plan in place to address the issue before a potentially ...