ECRI named AI chatbot misuse the top health technology hazard for 2026 because unvalidated, unregulated chatbots already shape medical decisions, and the answer is governed clinical AI with consensus checks, clinician sign off and a verifiable audit record.
ECRI has named misuse of AI chatbots the top health technology hazard for 2026. We set out why fluent, unvalidated chatbots fail in clinical settings and what governed, auditable clinical AI looks like on an organisation's own hardware.
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