What can she do for you? 

Kimberley is an ethicist who turned her attention to technology. She is applying the same question she has asked of each wave of health technology since the early 2000s: What defines harm? Where does AI fit in an organisation looking for clarity and consistency so that time and budgets are used responsibly?

Communication with team members or staff may appear on the surface to be in agreement, but then why are the results so different? Kimberley can work with your decision-making process incorporating logic to assist with alignment. Outcomes based on undefined key terms often stem from unknowingly incongruent directions on how to proceed. A revolutionary tool, such as AI, can magnify uncertainty about new expectations, adding to the confusion. She can help bring clarity to how to define words, expectations, and how AI can be adopted to work with organisational values. Resources can be used responsibly to help organisations remain self-sustaining, with human interactions supported and AI used judiciously.

She can work with you before challenges take root

Staff may be asking: What are my job expectations now? Who is actually making the decisions?

Decisions need information, clarity, and input beyond a mathematical model. An ethical approach to AI integration can be developed through:

• A review of current practices and pain points

• Workshops for Senior Leadership Teams and others

• Consultation with staff, including those likely to be affected by AI adoption

Why is she slated to help with AI now?

Her approach to ethical decision-making has a direct focus on AI governance. Her specialisation began at the University of Victoria, with a particular interest in medical ethics. In 2001, she brought that grounding to technology with a poster presentation on physician-based websites at the 10th World Congress of Medical Informatics, her first application using her ethical framework. She continued this work through further e-health conference presentations, including the co-presentation “Ethical Dilemmas for E-Health” and one looking at the GDPR, “Harm in the Digital Era: Is the New Legislation Changing How We Define Harm?” Each applied the same style of ethical analysis as her earlier work on resource allocation: rights-based (deontological) versus consequentialist (utilitarian) ethics. The ethical approach has not changed; the technology has. Today, she brings the same analytical focus to artificial intelligence, helping organisations examine rights; costs and benefits; and responsibility as they adopt AI.