VHA lacks ‘formal mechanism’ for mitigating clinical AI chatbot risks, watchdog says

VHA lacks ‘formal mechanism’ for mitigating clinical AI chatbot risks, watchdog says

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ use of generative artificial intelligence tools in clinical settings represents “a potential patient safety risk,” the agency’s watchdog warned in a new report. The analysis, released on Thursday by VA’s Office of the Inspector General, found that uses of generative AI chatbots across the Veterans Health Administration — VA’s healthcare…