If AI Is in the Workflow, Oversight Belongs There Too
If AI Is in the Workflow:
Oversight Belongs There Too
By Nikki Mehrpoo, JD, AIWC, AIMWC
Founder, The MedLegal Professor™ | Former Workers’ Compensation Judge | AI Governance Architect & Technology Strategist | Creator of The EEE AI Protocol™ | Dual-Certified Legal Specialist | Legal Risk & Compliance Strategist | AI+HI™ Champion for Regulated Professionals
Imagine you are on the witness stand.
The opposing counsel presents a document your team created with artificial intelligence assistance. They ask a simple question. “Can you explain how this conclusion was reached?” Your silence is your answer. As a licensed professional, this is a scenario you cannot afford. If AI is part of your professional workflow, then human oversight must be embedded within that same workflow.
This is not a suggestion. It is the new, non-negotiable standard of care.
The Risk: Undocumented and Indefensible Actions
The primary risk of artificial intelligence in a professional setting is not error. It is opacity. When an AI tool generates an output without a corresponding record of how, why, and when, you are left with an outcome you cannot defend. AI’s presence in your workflow automatically introduces this risk. Every undocumented action is a potential liability. Your professional duty is to eliminate that liability through structured governance.
@Risk: Audit Gap / AI Overreach / Human Bypass
The Action: Embed Oversight Directly into Your Workflow
Effective AI governance is not a final review step that you bolt on at the end of a process. It is a series of checkpoints embedded directly into the workflow itself. For every stage of an AI-assisted task, from input to final output, there must be a corresponding, documented moment of human oversight. This is the only way to maintain a complete Governance Evidence Chain™. You must be able to prove diligent supervision at every step.
This is the core principle of the governance lifecycle I teach.
@Lifecycle: Educate / Empower / Elevate
The EEE Protocol™ as a Workflow Mandate
The EEE AI Governance Protocol™ provides the lifecycle framework for this action.
Educate. You must train your team to identify every point in a workflow where AI is active.
Empower. You must give your team the authority and the tools to pause, question, and document every AI output before it is used.
Elevate. You must implement a final, mandatory review where a licensed professional elevates the AI’s draft into an official, defensible work product under their own authority.
This requires a fundamental change in behavior. Before you accept, copy, or send any AI-generated content, you must initiate the mandatory pause for governance.
@Trigger: Stop. Document. Govern.™
The Courtroom Test™: Your Workflow Auditability Checklist
Use these questions to determine if your current workflow would hold up under professional or legal scrutiny.
Can you identify every AI touchpoint in your workflow?
Is there a permanent log of who prompted the AI and when?
Is the AI’s direct, unedited output saved for the record?
Is the final human review and sign-off explicitly documented?
Can you produce this entire record within 24 hours for an audit?
If the answer to any of these questions is no, your workflow is not defensible. This is the new baseline for peer accountability.
@Standard: HIPAA / ABA / CPRA / EU AI Act
@Audience: Attorneys, QMEs, HR Managers, Claims Adjusters, Physicians, C-Suite Leaders
The Governance Shift
The standards of professional diligence from the American Bar Association or the American Medical Association do not disappear when you use a new tool. You are still expected to supervise, validate, and take full responsibility for the work product. Viewing oversight as a burden is a critical error. Viewing it as the very structure that protects your credibility is the essential governance shift.
Socratic Close: When an error is discovered, will your workflow records prove your diligence or your negligence?
That is the only question that will matter. You must move from a position of passive trust in a tool to active governance of a process. This is not about micromanaging technology. It is about managing your own professional risk with documented proof of your judgment.
CALL TO ACTION
Your license demands more than just results. It demands a defensible process. The EEE AI Governance Protocol™ provides the structure to ensure your AI-assisted work is credible, compliant, and ready for court.
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