Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making.

Tyler J. Loftus; Patrick J Tighe; Amanda C Filiberto; Philip A Efron; Scott C Brakenridge; Alicia M Mohr; Parisa Rashidi; Gilbert R Upchurch; Azra Bihorac

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Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making.

March 11, 2020

Loftus TJ, Tighe PJ, Filiberto AC, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019;155(2):148-158.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) can inform decision making and reduce diagnostic uncertainty. These authors discuss challenges in surgical decision-making– such as complexity, time constraints and uncertainty – and how AI can be leveraged using the EHR and mobile devices to overcome these challenges and augment surgical decision-making.

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