Narrative-first, evidence-driven

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AI can help clinicians draft and organize. It must not become an unaccountable decision machine.

AI should do more of

• paperwork drafting (with clinician review)
• summarizing patient history (with citations/links to source)
• benefits/billing navigation for patients
• prior auth packet assembly (not decision-making)
• routing and triage support (with human accountability)

AI should NOT do

• opaque denial decisions
• “optimize revenue” coding without transparency
• replace informed consent conversations
• high-stakes triage without clear human ownership and appeal paths

Always required

• auditability (why did it recommend that?)
• an appeal path (for patients and clinicians)
• responsibility assigned to a human role

Plain-language safety rule

If you can’t explain it, audit it, and appeal it, it doesn’t belong between a patient and their care.

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