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AI Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

About This Course

Healthcare leaders operate in a uniquely complex risk environment, where AI decisions can affect patient care, regulatory compliance and public trust. Effective governance helps organizations innovate responsibly, while reducing operational and clinical risk.

In this course, you'll explore governance frameworks, compliance requirements and risk management practices for healthcare AI. You'll examine privacy, data governance, fairness, bias, safety monitoring and accountability to help ensure that AI systems remain effective, transparent and trustworthy.

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What You’ll Learn

  • Strategies for designing governance structures that support responsible AI oversight and decision-making

  • Methods for evaluating privacy, regulatory and compliance considerations affecting healthcare AI

  • Approaches for identifying bias, fairness and data-governance challenges that influence AI performance

  • Best practices for developing risk assessment and safety monitoring plans for AI-enabled systems

  • Policies that promote accountability, transparency and responsible use

Get Hands-On Experience

  • Analyze healthcare AI governance case studies

  • Conduct a risk assessment for an AI implementation scenario

  • Develop governance and oversight recommendations for organizational leaders

Career Stats

22%

Projected growth in U.S. demand for risk management skills (2026-28)

20%

Projected growth in U.S. demand for artificial intelligence skills (2026-28)

Source: Lightcast. Learn about career stats data.

Complete a Certificate

Combine this course with the AI Strategy for Health Systems and Implementing AI in Healthcare Organizations courses to earn the Certificate in AI Strategy & Implementation in Healthcare.

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This program is intended for professional development and is not designed to meet educational requirements for professional licensure or certification.

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