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The Agentic Shift — Outcomes, Guardrails, and Getting It Right

  • The Agentic Shift — Outcomes, Guardrails, and Getting It Right
PULSE Central · IAOP Webinar

The Agentic Shift

Outcomes, Guardrails, and Getting It Right
 

AI has officially moved past the experimental phase. Today, autonomous AI “agents” are actively managing complex workflows and delivering massive, measurable results—like reducing a four-to-six-week audit review down to just a day or two.

Format
Webinar · Panel Discussion
Hosted By
Healthcare & Life Sciences CoE
Moderator
Robert Kantrowitz, Kirkland & Ellis

Overview

But there is a catch: deploying AI just for the sake of automation doesn't produce results. The organizations actually succeeding are the ones that define their outcomes first. While everyone wants an automation-first strategy, building one that holds up to real-world AI, security, and privacy laws and other requirements is a much bigger challenge. The risks of giving autonomous systems access to sensitive environments are very real.

This session brings together three unique perspectives to tackle this challenge head-on: an enterprise leader deploying AI in a highly regulated industry, an advisor guiding companies through automation strategy, and legal counsel explaining where the risks live. Expect a high-level, candid conversation about what is actually working in the real world—and what is breaking.

What You Will Learn

  • Maximizing Human Potential: How autonomous AI agents can extend your current tech investments and make your teams more effective, rather than replacing them.
  • Planning for Success: Why you must map out your desired outcomes before deploying AI, and the costly pitfalls of skipping this step.
  • Navigating Regulations: Practical, safe approaches for using AI in highly regulated environments, including secure system architectures and the tradeoffs they carry.
  • Managing Legal Risk: Where your true legal and security exposures lie, from managing AI access controls to drafting the right contract language.

Meet the Panel

  • ModeratorRobert KantrowitzKirkland & Ellis
  • Dan SchuffertHCSC
  • Avinash BaligaAvasant
  • Dr. Jon HandlerFormerly with OSF HealthCare

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