What are the biggest ethical considerations of developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in healthcare?

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created by margotiii on 15/03/2021 at 21:02 UTC

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What are some of the biggest ethical questions or concerns medtech companies should be asking and thinking about when developing AI tools for healthcare?

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Comment by as-well at 15/03/2021 at 22:25 UTC

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There's a bunch of issues, from data privacy over consent to accuracy as well as fairness. Heres a bunch of interesting links:

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ethical-dimensions-using-artificial-intelligence-health-care/2019-02

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953620303919

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332220/

Comment by as-well at 15/03/2021 at 22:25 UTC

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There's a bunch of issues, from data privacy over consent to accuracy as well as fairness. Heres a bunch of interesting links:

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ethical-dimensions-using-artificial-intelligence-health-care/2019-02

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953620303919

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332220/