[Eight misconceptions about AI in healthcare].

Journal: Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
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Abstract

It is of paramount importance that healthcare professionals can participate in the academic and societal debate surrounding medical AI. To realise this critical-constructive guidance of AI, it is necessary to be able to distinguish between different types of AI, different applications of AI and to paint the different shades of grey in the current black-and-white debate. This article describes and nuances eight misconceptions that currently dominate the public debate surrounding AI in healthcare. By asking ourselves as healthcare professionals 'what specifically defines our line of work?' we must define what aspects of our occupation we want to have AI either carry out or support, and in what way.

Authors

  • Karin R Jongsma
    Department of Medical Humanities, University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. kjongsma@umcutrecht.nl.
  • Wouter W van Solinge
    Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Saskia Haitjema
    Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.