Should organizations alert people if AI is used in their healthcare?
A Michigan Medicine study found that being alerted to the use of AI in their care is important to most people.
The study was led by Jodyn Platt, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Learning Health Sciences at U-M Medical School and published in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers asked more than 2,000 adults if ‘“It is important that I am notified about the use of AI in my health care.’ Options were (1) not at all true, (2) somewhat true, (3) fairly true, and (4) very true.”
More than half of respondents (about 63%) chose option four. Only 4.8% chose option one. The authors ask health systems “when and how” they will alert patients of AI. They concluded, “Collaborative efforts that engage the public, patients, and experts on the range of AI applications should support comprehensive, evidence-based programs that promote transparency about AI in health care to ensure trustworthiness of health systems.”
