
Blog|Articles|May 18, 2026
8 steps to build an AI governance plan for your practice
Author(s)Keith A. Reynolds
Fact checked by: Chris Mazzolini, A.C. Baltz
Eight practical steps to govern AI in your practice, from naming an owner to vetting vendors and training your team.
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Physicians’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) has more than doubled in three years, and in most practices, adoption is running well ahead of any plan to govern it.
Putting structure around AI does not require a health system’s budget or staff. The same governance steps that large organizations rely on scale down to a single practice — and skipping them costs you in liability, rework and lost trust, usually at the worst possible time.
Here are eight steps to put in place now.
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