Becker's Healthcare January 17, 2020
Artificial intelligence algorithms touted as having the ability to outperform human clinicians in disease prediction and diagnosis may ultimately hurt, rather than help, healthcare, according to Enid Montague, PhD.
In an op-ed for The Hill, Dr. Montague, an associate professor of computing at DePaul University and adjunct associate professor of general internal medicine at Northwestern University, both in Chicago, described the dangers of introducing free-standing AI into healthcare.
While any developments that reduce clinicians’ administrative burdens and improve diagnoses and outcomes are certainly a positive, according to Dr. Montague, any AI introduced in a healthcare setting should be done so to augment clinicians’ expertise, rather than completely replacing it.
“Replacing humans with technology inappropriately could lead...