Optimizing the Clinical Direction of Artificial Intelligence With Health Policy: A Narrative Review of the Literature

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2024-04, Vol.16 (4), p.e58400-e58400
• Main Authors: Lakkimsetti, Mohit, Devella, Swati G, Patel, Keval B, Dhandibhotla, Sarvani, Kaur, Jasleen, Mathew, Midhun, Kataria, Janvi, Nallani, Manisha, Farwa, Umm E, Patel, Tirath, Egbujo, Uzoamaka C, Meenashi Sundaram, Dakshin, Kenawy, Samar, Roy, Mehak, Khan, Saniyal Farheen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Access control; Accuracy; Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Big Data; Computers; Decision making; Emergency Medicine; Ethics; Health care policy; Healthcare Technology; Informed consent; Machine learning; Medical diagnosis; Medical Simulation; Neural networks; Paternalism; Patients; Principles; Privacy
• ISSN: 2168-8184; 2168-8184
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.58400

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the ability to completely transform the healthcare industry by enhancing diagnosis, treatment, and resource allocation. To ensure patient safety and equitable access to healthcare, it also presents ethical and practical issues that need to be carefully addressed. Its integration into healthcare is a crucial topic. To realize its full potential, however, the ethical issues around data privacy, prejudice, and transparency, as well as the practical difficulties posed by workforce adaptability and statutory frameworks, must be addressed. While there is growing knowledge about the advantages of AI in healthcare, there is a significant lack of knowledge about the moral and practical issues that come with its application, particularly in the setting of emergency and critical care. The majority of current research tends to concentrate on the benefits of AI, but thorough studies that investigate the potential disadvantages and ethical issues are scarce. The purpose of our article is to identify and examine the ethical and practical difficulties that arise when implementing AI in emergency medicine and critical care, to provide solutions to these issues, and to give suggestions to healthcare professionals and policymakers. In order to responsibly and successfully integrate AI in these important healthcare domains, policymakers and healthcare professionals must collaborate to create strong regulatory frameworks, safeguard data privacy, remove prejudice, and give healthcare workers the necessary training.