Psychosocial Factors Affecting Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Health Care in China: Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Poor quality primary health care is a major issue in China, particularly in blindness prevention. Artificial intelligence (AI) could provide early screening and accurate auxiliary diagnosis to improve primary care services and reduce unnecessary referrals, but the application of AI in medical settings is still an emerging field.

Authors

  • Tiantian Ye
    Department of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Jiaolong Xue
    Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Mingguang He
    State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China; Centre for Eye Research Australia; Departments of Ophthalmology and Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au.
  • Jing Gu
    Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Haotian Lin
    State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
  • Bin Xu
    Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
  • Yu Cheng