  In healthcare, the role of AI is continually evolving, and understanding the
challenges its introduction poses on relationships between healthcare providers
and patients will require a regulatory and behavioral approach that can provide
a guiding base for all users involved. In this paper, we present IAC
(Informing, Assessment, and Consent), a framework for evaluating patient
response to the introduction of AI-enabled digital technologies in healthcare
settings. We justify the need for IAC with a general introduction of the
challenges with and perceived relevance of AI in human-welfare-centered fields,
with an emphasis on the provision of healthcare. The framework is composed of
three core principles that guide how healthcare practitioners can inform
patients about the use of AI in their healthcare, how practitioners can assess
patients' acceptability and comfortability with the use of AI, and how patient
consent can be gained after this process. We propose that the principles
composing this framework can be translated into guidelines that improve
practitioner-patient relationships and, concurrently, patient agency regarding
the use of AI in healthcare while broadening the discourse on this topic.
