July 21, 2026 | 2:00 PM ET

Every AI tool an ambulance service launches without governance is a future liability. From AI-assisted dispatch and triage to automated billing and coding, ePCR documentation, resource and route optimization, and clinical decision support, EMS organizations are adopting these tools faster than they’re governing them. Together, we’ll break down why governance must start at design, not after a False Claims Act investigation, a payer audit, a HIPAA breach, or a headline. We’ll map the AI risk landscape specific to ambulance and mobile healthcare providers and use US case law to illustrate what’s actually at stake for EMS organizations deploying AI today.

Speaker

Andreea Bodnari, PhD

Andreea Bodnari is an AI scientist and serial technology entrepreneur. In her prior role, Dr. Bodnari was responsible for the AI business products and solutions for healthcare and life sciences at Google Cloud. 

Her foray into Artificial Intelligence started in the medical space, where she researched machine learning solutions for cancer therapeutics. Dr. Bodnari has developed industry-leading AI solutions for many applications such as work automation, cancer detection, and quantitative investing. Before her current role, Dr. Bodnari was the founder and CEO of a robotic process automation company for financial services. She has over ten years of experience driving technology adoption in large organizations; she successfully managed digital transformation initiatives for healthcare, insurance, and financial enterprises and worked with startups from bootstrapping through successful acquisitions.  

Dr. Bodnari holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on Artificial Intelligence. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is a principal investigator on SBIR, NIH and EU grants and she heads research projects on innovative machine learning problems. She is involved with the local and international academic communities, and dedicates her spare time to democratizing access to education. Dr. Bodnari is an active speaker at business technology conferences. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including JAMIA, NIPS, KDD and was acknowledged internationally by CNRS and nationally by the CRA.