The AMA adopted new AI policies in a bid to ensure that the technology supports evidence-based medicine, bolsters patient care and serves under a physician’s oversight, instead of replacing their discernment.
According to an AMA press release, AI technologies could help with efficiency and synthesizing information, but there are still important concerns for bias, long-term impact on both physicians and patient outcomes, explainability and transparency.
These new policies, which address AI’s growing popularity in both the clinical and health insurance decision-making realms, emphasize that AI