7. When AI Fails Silently: What Healthcare Leaders and Accreditors Must Confront

<p>Artificial intelligence is already embedded in healthcare systems across the country. But here is the uncomfortable reality: most organizations lack the infrastructure to detect when that AI is failing.</p><p>In this episode of <em>Accreditation Insights</em>, we sit down with Richard G. Greenhill, Principal and Founder of SmartSigma AI, to examine what he calls <em>Silent Performance Failure™​, </em>a critical and often invisible risk in AI-enabled healthcare environments.</p><p>We explore:<br>• Why AI governance is lagging behind deployment<br>• The risks to patient safety and institutional accountability<br>• What accreditors and boards should be asking right now<br>• How health systems can begin to operationalize oversight</p><p>This is not just a technology conversation. It is a governance, quality, and trust issue.</p><p>If you are leading, regulating, or evaluating organizations where AI is already in use, this is a discussion you cannot afford to miss.</p><p>#AccreditationInsights #EdUpExperience #HealthcareLeadership #AIinHealthcare #QualityAssurance #Accreditation #Governance #PatientSafety #HigherEdLeadership #SmartSigma</p>