The integration of AI in healthcare holds transformative potential to enhance patient care, but it also brings forward essential ethical considerations that need addressing to ensure fair and equitable deployment.1,2 Dr. Julia Mokhova and Kenza Benkirane discuss this significant topic and argue that AI should be “an assistant, but not a doctor”.
Before we dive into the ethical concerns around the implementation of artificial intelligence in the healthcare system, it is helpful to understanding the key AI frameworks:
While radiology remains the top AI application in healthcare due to the high availability of medical images,6,7 natural language processing (NLP) is increasingly being utilised — both with the onset of digitalisation in healthcare settings and to help manage the heavy workload healthcare professionals increasingly face.8,9,10
AI implementation in healthcare must be guided by fundamental ethical principles that protect patient interests while promoting innovation.
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