Medical Economics June 5, 2024
American College of Physicians publishes position paper on best practices for integrating artificial intelligence into health care.
While artificial intelligence (AI) may be a useful tool in medicine, doctors must remain the brains behind patient care now and in the future, according to the American College of Physicians (ACP).
A new position paper outlined how physicians and other clinicians should integrate the new technology into health care. ACP prescribed transparency in developing, testing and using AI. Physicians need awareness of equity and bias, and regulators need to make rules for AI.
ACP suggested a dose of skepticism because flawed inputs lead to flawed outputs that can hurt physician decision-making – and ultimately patients. Yet too much suspicion might mean patients...
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