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Healthcare AI Compliance: Clinical Systems & High-Risk AI
Clinical decision support, diagnostic tools, and patient-facing AI are explicitly high-risk under the EU AI Act — and US regulators are signalling enforcement is next. Here is what preparing looks like.
Annex III
Healthcare AI systems directly named as high-risk under the EU AI Act
Obligations from Aug 2026
$45M
EU AI hiring platform fine — human-oversight failures directly transferable to clinical AI
2026 precedent
Jan 2026
Texas TRAIGA healthcare-AI provisions effective — verify current scope before relying on this date
State-level obligation
AI diagnostic tools, triage systems, and clinical decision support fall directly within the EU AI Act's high-risk classification (Annex III). FDA SaMD guidance and HIPAA data governance add a second and third layer for US-market deployments. The pre-enforcement window for healthcare AI is open — and will not stay open indefinitely.
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