AI Vendor Contracting in Health Care: Practical Realities for Legal and Compliance Teams

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of AI vendor contracting in health care and the challenges faced by legal and compliance teams.

As health systems increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tools across clinical, operational, and administrative functions, legal and compliance teams are being asked to navigate new and complex questions around contracting, risk allocation, data use, and regulatory uncertainty. Zach Stephens, Senior Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Carolyn Metnick, Partner, Sheppard, and Lauren Edelman Willens, Senior Counsel, Henry Ford Health, about why AI contracting is different, how o...

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Host: Zach Stephens

Guests: Carolyn Metnick, Lauren Edelman Willens

Topics covered

• AI in health care
• contracting
• legal compliance
• risk allocation
• data use
• regulatory uncertainty

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• health systems
• contracting
• legal teams
• compliance
• risk
• data
• regulations

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Organizations: Clearwater, Sheppard, Henry Ford Health

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