"AI's gonna have an impact on everything in society, so it has to have an impact on public health": a fundamental qualitative descriptive study of the implications of artificial intelligence for public health.

Journal: BMC public health
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to determine the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on public health practice.

Authors

  • Jason D Morgenstern
    Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  • Laura C Rosella
    Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada laura.rosella@utoronto.ca.
  • Mark J Daley
    Dept. of Computer Science, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
  • Vivek Goel
    Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Holger J Schünemann
    Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  • Thomas Piggott
    Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.