The Mercury News: Does AI belong in the exam room? Lawsuit alleges California health care group violated patient privacy.

“Sara Geoghegan, senior legal counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C., said that it is quite clear that patient permission is required when recordings are being made.

“Definitely, transparency is a necessary step as is disclosure and meaningful consent,” Geoghegan said.

And that consent, she added, should not just be obtained once. It should be obtained on its own, she added, and not tacked onto the voluminous paperwork process that patients often must wade through during an office visit.

“It should be consent that’s freely informed and can be rescinded,” Geoghegan said. “Once every 10 years is not enough.””

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