12.10.2026

Healthcare accountability must keep pace with AI 

Explore the importance of healthcare accountability in the age of AI and genomics for improved patient safety and care.
Healthcare accountability and ethical oversight of AI in South African clinical practice
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Healthcare accountability must advance alongside artificial intelligence (AI) and genomics to improve patient safety, former health ombud Professor Makgoba argues.

In a keynote address to the South African Medico-legal Association’s annual national conference, he urged professionals to confront medical errors. He also called for an ethical framework that better reflects South Africa’s constitutional values and cultural diversity.

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