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AI Use in Our Practice
What you share with us in session, especially in a psychiatric setting, is some of the most personal and sensitive information a person can disclose. We don't treat that lightly, and privacy comes first in how we've built all of this. We know our patients, and our community, carry real and valid concerns about who has access to their personal information and how it might be used against them. That concern shapes what we choose to retain, how we de-identify it, for how long, and who can see it.
What AI Never Does For Us
AI does not diagnose, does not decide your treatment, and does not make clinical recommendations. It does not send you a message or take any action affecting your care without a person reviewing it first. Every AI tool we use is HIPAA compliant, and every output touching your care is reviewed by a licensed clinician before it's acted on.
Why We Use AI
As a specialized practice we strive to assure you get the best care and the best services. Perhaps the biggest reason for our AI use is to combat the insurance companies' use of AI. They use AI to determine if they will pay for some medications, or even pay appropriately for your visit. Many insurance companies automatically downgrade their payment for your services using AI. We use AI to keep up with these modern day attacks on your care and to reduce the administrative burden on our clinicians so they can spend more of your appointment time actually present working with you, rather than buried in the computer charting to satisfy a payer's algorithm.
Uses of AI in Our Practice
AI helps draft the clinical note based on your session, so your clinician can spend the appointment listening to you instead of typing. There is no persistent audio recording. AI processes the conversation in real time to support note drafting, and the working transcript is automatically deleted within days of your note being finalized. Every note is reviewed and signed by your clinician before it becomes part of your record. Nothing reaches your chart without a licensed provider reading it first.
We also use AI for a few other administrative purposes, such as surfacing relevant clinical research faster and helping manage the volume of messages our practice receives so nothing urgent gets buried. The same rule applies throughout: AI assists, humans decide. Your clinician reads and evaluates any research before it informs your care, and no message reaches you or triggers any action without human review first.
An Ongoing Commitment
AI tools and the standards around them are evolving quickly. We continually assess and evaluate the safest and smartest way to use AI in our practice, and we update our approach as new tools, evidence, and regulations emerge.
Consent and Choice
Your consent to this process is part of our intake paperwork. We do not currently offer an opt-out from AI-assisted documentation, and we'd rather you know that upfront than discover it later. If AI use in your care is a dealbreaker, we understand. This may not be the right practice for you, and that's a legitimate reason to look elsewhere.
We comply with the AI disclosure and consent requirements of the state in which you receive care, and we update this policy as those requirements evolve. If you have questions about how AI is used in your specific care, ask your clinician directly.
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rev:July 2026