The need to separate the wheat from the chaff in medical informatics: Introducing a comprehensive checklist for the (self)-assessment of medical AI studies.

Journal: International journal of medical informatics
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Abstract

This editorial aims to contribute to the current debate about the quality of studies that apply machine learning (ML) methodologies to medical data to extract value from them and provide clinicians with viable and useful tools supporting everyday care practices. We propose a practical checklist to help authors to self assess the quality of their contribution and to help reviewers to recognize and appreciate high-quality medical ML studies by distinguishing them from the mere application of ML techniques to medical data.

Authors

  • Federico Cabitza
    Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
  • Andrea Campagner
    IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: a.campagner@campus.unimib.it.