AMA STEPS Forward®

Pearl of the Week: The potential of AI in health care

Understanding augmented intelligence.

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STEPS Forward Pearl of the Week

Augmented intelligence (AI) holds enormous potential to help physicians and transform their practices—enhancing diagnostic accuracy, building personalized treatments or reducing administrative burden. A recent survey showed that physicians who used an AI assistant to help with their documentation saved more than three hours a week.

Yet physicians also have concerns and ample questions about AI’s potential to exacerbate bias, increase privacy risks or introduce new liability concerns.

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