Evidence & guides
Evidence & Guides for Private Healthcare AI Governance
Practical evidence-led guides for private healthcare providers using AI with patient data.
Private healthcare providers are increasingly using AI tools before governance evidence has caught up. Ambient scribes, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, transcription tools, AI imaging, patient communication platforms and admin automation can all raise questions about patient data, DPIA readiness, vendor evidence, human oversight, patient transparency and board-level accountability.
These guides are designed to help clinic owners, boards, DPOs, practice managers and clinical governance leads understand the types of evidence they may need to hold. They are not a substitute for legal, DPO, clinical safety, insurer or MDO advice. They are practical evidence guides showing where governance gaps commonly appear.
Featured · Board-facing
Clinical AI Exposure Map
A board-facing map showing where AI exposure commonly appears before a clinic has a documented governance position - across ambient scribes, ChatGPT, Copilot, transcription tools and shadow AI.
View the map →Open framework · Provenance
GenAI Assure
An open, cross-industry AI governance framework for organisations deploying third-party AI, published free under CC BY-ND 4.0. Broader than a clinic needs; the clinical method used at ELSA AI is adapted from it.
Read about GenAI Assure →Need the evidence mapped quickly?
Standard Diagnostic: £5,500 + VAT. Evidence-ready to a board-ready evidence pack in four working days. Leadership readout follows at a mutually agreed time.
Guides
Clinic AI Self-Check
Twelve questions for one AI tool. Identify evidence gaps and assign next actions.
Get the free self-checkAI in private clinics: responsibilities and evidence
Understand current responsibilities, ambient scribe guidance and the evidence your clinic needs to support AI adoption.
Read the articleAI Evidence Pack Checklist for Private Healthcare Providers
What files and evidence a private healthcare provider may need when AI use is questioned by the DPO, board, CQC inspector, insurer, MDO or patient.
Read guide →Ambient Scribe Pre-Go-Live Checklist
What should be ready before routine use of AI-enabled ambient scribes or clinical transcription tools.
Read guide →CQC GP Mythbuster 109: What It Signals About AI in GP Services
GP-specific guidance, used as a governance-standard signal by private GP and GP-led clinics.
Read guide →DPO Evidence Request Guide for Healthcare AI
What your DPO may need to review when AI tools process patient data or special category health data.
Read guide →Shadow AI in Clinics: ChatGPT, Copilot and Transcription Tools
How ChatGPT, Copilot, transcription tools and personal-device AI can create evidence gaps in private healthcare.
Read guide →MDO and Insurer Questions About AI in Clinics
What clinics may need to evidence when AI use becomes relevant to a complaint, incident, renewal or disclosure discussion.
Read guide →AI in Dental Practices: The Evidence a Principal Dentist Should Hold
What to have on file before a DPO, an indemnity provider, a patient or an inspector asks how AI is used in the practice.
Read guide →Downloadable checklists
Two checklists are available as guide pages.
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Identify and document the declared, staff-reported and evidence-supported AI use found within the agreed scope. The work also records what patient data may be involved, what evidence is missing and what should be prioritised next.
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