What To Know Before Using AI Tools in Your Clinical Practice, with Dr. Leeda Rashid

In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Leeda Rashid, former Senior Physician at the FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence,  to discuss the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in healthcare and what physicians need to consider before incorporating AI tools into clinical practice.

They discuss:

How physicians can move beyond asking whether AI is simply “good” or “bad” and instead become more sophisticated consumers of the technology entering their clinical workflows

The journal club like questions physicians should ask before adopting an AI tool, including its intended use, training data, performance metrics, subgroup analysis, and real-world outcomes

Why an AI tool being “FDA authorized” or “HIPAA compliant” doesn’t necessarily mean it is appropriate, accurate, or effective for every patient or clinical scenario

How physicians should think about what liability falls on them when using AI in patient care—and why Dr. Rashid suggests treating AI more like a resident whose work still requires attending oversight

The rise of “shadow AI,” as clinicians turn to unvetted tools when institutional approval processes fail to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, and why healthcare systems need formal AI governance, ongoing performance monitoring, and the ability to quickly disable algorithms when problems arise

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