AI in Healthcare September 11, 2020
Seeking to improve the speed, quality and transparency of research involving healthcare AI, a multinational group of scholars has put together two fresh sets of guidelines for researchers testing the technology in clinical trials.
The guidance for one sphere of activity, SPIRIT-AI, deals with protocols for conducting such trials. The other, for CONSORT-AI, steers study reporting.
If those names sound familiar, it’s because earlier versions of both frameworks have been in use for several years.
Placing the updated guidance in three peer-reviewed journals—Nature Medicine, the BMJ and The Lancet Digital Health—the authors indicate their primary objective is to speed AI-based diagnostics and treatments to patients.
Secondarily, by boosting public confidence in the safety, efficacy and appropriateness of interventions with AI...