AI Visit Notes Spark Consent Lawsuits

Hospitals using AI tools that capture and transcribe doctor–patient conversations face class‑action suits when patients say they weren’t told recordings would leave the clinic or be processed by third parties. As such tools scale across big systems, disputes will test health‑privacy law, notice practices, and contractual safeguards between providers and AI vendors. — This raises an immediate policy and legal question about consent, data flows, and liability for clinical AI tools across the US health system.