physicians

A debate is unfolding over legal accountability when artificial intelligence systems make errors in medical care. As AI tools move into diagnosis, treatment recommendations and clinical workflows, doctors, hospitals and technology developers are all potential defendants. The core question: does responsibility rest with the physician who followed the algorithm, the hospital that deployed it, or the company that built it. Legal frameworks have not kept pace.

Cuvo Health has published its 2026 state-by-state virtual clinic compliance report, finding that 33 of 51 US jurisdictions impose restrictions on the corporate practice of medicine. The report maps how these rules affect telehealth companies operating virtual clinics across the country, where differing state laws can limit business structures, physician employment arrangements and market entry.