AI Transforms Health Care, But Ethical Oversight Needed to Maintain Trust
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AI holds promise to transform health care through early disease detection, remote care expansion, and administrative efficiencies, but also poses ethical risks hospital leaders must address.
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COVID-19 accelerated adoption of AI tools like algorithmic diagnosis aids and telemedicine that leaders say are now permanent fixtures.
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Hospital heads are establishing oversight bodies and principles to ensure AI reliability, prevent bias, and maintain patient trust.
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Regulation is needed to firmly establish human control over AI health applications and protect sensitive patient data, executives say.
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Skepticism about AI is warranted, but the biggest risk is failure to appropriately adopt beneficial technologies, says Mayo Clinic's CEO.