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The Governance Frameworks Already Exist. Health Systems Aren't Using Them for Agentic AI

Regulators admit they are behind on agentic AI, but ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF already give governance committees the accountability structure they need now.

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Who Authorizes the Agent

Agentic AI is moving into prior authorization and data exchange faster than hospital governance structures can assign it an identity or accountability chain.

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Who Controls the Agent Is the Governance Question, Not Whether It Works

As agentic AI moves into clinical workflows, health systems are letting vendor architecture decide who holds authorization and audit control by default.