Council Post: 7 Questions Healthcare Leaders Should Ask An AI Vendor Before Signing

In healthcare AI procurement, the hard part isn’t picking software features—it’s proving safety after go-live. Alena Fuchs (RPSP Healthcare Consulting Group) points to an AMA survey showing AI use has jumped among physicians, with 81% reporting use versus 38% in 2023, while procurement practices haven’t caught up. She says buyers should ask vendors questions that test real-world generalizability, validation cadence, and model deterioration monitoring. Her list includes training data population differences, local validation plans tied to HTI-1 transparency, contract-based degradation thresholds and retraining triggers, and difficult-case demonstrations plus explainability and override capture.