Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: The Hope, the Hype, the Promise, the Peril.

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: The Hope, the Hype, the Promise, the Peril.

December 1, 2019

Matheny M, Israni ST, Ahmed M, et al, eds. Washington, DC: National Academy of Medicine. 2022. ISBN: 9781947103177.

Advanced computing technologies have the capacity to greatly affect health equity, decision making, and care in both positive and detrimental ways. This report discusses optimism associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and ethical, social, economic, and safety cautions stemming from global use of AI in health care.

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