Issued2026-06-04

IEEE 2863-2026 – Recommended Practice for Organizational Governance of Artificial Intelligence

Recommended Practice / StandardVoluntary

Summary

Establishes governance principles and processes for organizations that develop or use AI, with activities intended to support responsible, ethical, and accountable AI development and use and case studies illustrating how governing bodies can resolve tensions among governance principles.

Healthcare Implications

Healthcare organizations, payers, and AI developers can use the standard to structure board and senior-leadership oversight, define governance responsibilities and decision processes, and align enterprise AI accountability with other management-system and risk-management frameworks. It is cross-sector and creates no healthcare-specific legal obligations.

Impact Level

Medium

Keywords

Transparency & Governance; Safety & Risk

Stakeholders

Providers & Health Systems; Payers & Purchasers; Developers & Vendors