Lacey P. Gleason, MSPH
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Author contact information: lacey.gleason@northwestern.edu
Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Allison Carroll, PhD and Caroline Doyle, PhD for their helpful input during the initial framing of this article and for providing feedback on earlier drafts.
In June of 2025, the American Psychological Association (APA) published key considerations and recommendations for ethically integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into health service psychology (2025b). While this guidance provides a useful starting point, particularly for common work settings such as individual solo practice (American Psychological Association, 2022), what about implementation in other care settings? Below, I consider additional ethical concerns relevant to psychologists in healthcare settings including selected examples focusing on psychologists working in cardiac behavioral medicine.
I will discuss the following four key contexts for using AI-based tools in these settings:
- Integration of AI into Clinical Care & Devices
- Organizational Dynamics
- Involvement in Tool Development
- Differential Impacts of AI Use in Behavioral and Medical Care
- Integration of AI into Clinical Care & Devices
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