What Physicians Actually Need to Know About AI Contracts Before They Sign Anything

The Clinical Realist · Mar 25, 2026 · 15m · transcript

A physician executive signed a clinical validation form. Eleven months later, she was the one accountable in peer review after an AI-assisted recommendation contributed to a delayed diagnosis. She had not read the indemnification clause. Almost no physician does.In this episode, Dr. Sarah Matt breaks down the four contract clauses that matter most to physicians in AI procurement, the five questions every physician executive needs answered in writing before their name goes on any clinical validation document, and where physician executives have actual leverage in AI contract negotiation and…