2 Articles-of-Interest on AI in Medicine

The following articles are available to Ascension Wisconsin associates, courtesy of AW Library Services. 

Ostrer I, Aronson L. The Perils of Artificial Intelligence in a Clinical Landscape. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Feb 12. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7962. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38345809. Link to article.

This editorial explains how AI could negatively affects the clinical setting. In summary,

1) AI's assistance with inbox management and documentation may dehumanize the clinician-patient relationship

2) The volume of documentation that is generated by AI may contribute to clinician burnout.

3) AI's output is only as good as the training data that it receives; this may lead to critical information being overlooked.

4) AI has the potential to fabricate information or confabulate, as well-described limitation of AI, in a way that may alter the course of a patient's care.

Goodman KE, Yi PH, Morgan DJ. AI-Generated Clinical Summaries Require More Than Accuracy. JAMA. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0555. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38285439.  Link to article.

Plain language summary:   This Viewpoint discusses AI-generated clinical summaries and the necessity of transparent development of standards for their safe rollout.