Ask

Questions you can actually ask.

Say who you are and what is in front of you. You will get questions to take to a visit, a huddle, a pitch, or a kitchen table.

Who is asking?

What is in front of you?

You should not need a degree to ask what is sitting in the exam room with you.

For I am a patient, or I care for someone who is

I think AI was used in my visit

Opening

What was used, what did it decide, and what can I still question?

Take these

  1. 01

    Was a tool used in my notes, my images, or my risk score — and may I see what it said?

  2. 02

    Can I decline next time without the quality of my care changing?

  3. 03

    Who checks the output before it goes in my record?

  4. 04

    If it is wrong, how do I correct it, and does the correction travel?

If you want the specialist shelf

Same questions, denser rooms. Go when you are ready — not as a test of seriousness.

Health-specific guidance

Ethics and governance of AI for health — large multimodal models

World Health Organization

WHO's 2024 guidance on large multimodal models in health: consent, evidence, equity, and the duties that remain with clinicians and states.

The question is not 'is AI risky?' but 'what does care require of this tool?'