AI on Trial: How malpractice insurers can help physicians navigate new risks

Deepika Srivastava, chief operating officer at The Doctors Company, says malpractice insurers and risk experts can play a vital role in helping physicians safely integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical practice.

“Malpractice insurers and risk experts can serve as trusted guides,” Srivastava says. “We can help healthcare providers navigate both the promise and pitfalls of AI, provide education and resources, and keep clinicians current on evolving technology and legal perspectives.”

She encourages physicians to critically evaluate each AI tool — understanding what data it was trained on, whether it fits their patient population and how its accuracy may change over time.

“You cannot treat all applications as interchangeable,” she says. “It’s really important to understand what data the algorithm was trained on and to re-evaluate accuracy over time.”