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When AI Helps Make Medical Decisions
Doctors increasingly use AI to suggest diagnoses, treatments, and prescriptions.
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- 1When AI Helps Make Medical Decisions
- 2clinical decision support
- 3transparency
- 4informed consent
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Section 1
When AI Helps Make Medical Decisions
Doctors increasingly use AI to suggest diagnoses, treatments, and prescriptions. The patient should usually be told.
Most hospital AI is decision SUPPORT, not decision MAKING. The doctor still owns the final call.
Three patient rights
- Right to know AI was used in your care
- Right to a doctor's independent judgment
- Right to opt out of AI use in your care (in some places)
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The big idea: AI in healthcare is powerful — and patients have a right to know when it was used.
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