When Artificial Intelligence Helps
Rhode Island patients would get AI notices on visit notes
Rhode Island providers and facilities would have to tell patients when software helped write the record, and then check that record for accuracy after the visit.
Rhode Island patients would have to be told when artificial intelligence helps document an in-person or telehealth visit. Providers would also have to review the note afterward for accuracy.
- Patients would have to be told when AI helps write visit notes.
- The rule covers in-person and telehealth visits.
- Providers must review AI-generated documentation for accuracy.
- It would apply to facilities and a wide range of licensed clinicians.
- In Rhode Island, patients would have to be told when artificial intelligence helps document an in-person visit or a telehealth appointment
In Rhode Island, patients would have to be told when artificial intelligence helps document an in-person visit or a telehealth appointment. The proposal also requires providers to review the AI-generated note for accuracy after the visit, and it would take effect upon passage.
A broad list of clinicians
The bill would create a new chapter in state health law for artificial intelligence used by healthcare providers, with a stated purpose of making sure patients are properly notified. It reaches healthcare facilities as well as individual clinicians, and it defines AI broadly to include natural language processing, language models, reinforcement learning from human feedback and machine learning systems. The rule would apply to physicians, physician assistants, dentists, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, nursing assistants and other licensed health professionals.
The chart note still needs a human check
The notice requirement is limited to AI used to document a visit, not a ban on AI in medicine. But the bill adds a second safeguard too: after the appointment, the provider or facility would have to review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy. For patients, that means the record would not just be produced by software and left alone. It would have to be disclosed, then checked.