Risk management and patient safety in the artificial intelligence era: a systematic review.

Michela Ferrara; Giuseppe Bertozzi; Nicola Di Fazio; Isabella Aquila; Aldo Di Fazio; Aniello Maiese; Gianpietro Volonnino; Paola Frati; Raffaele La Russa

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Risk management and patient safety in the artificial intelligence era: a systematic review.

March 27, 2024

Ferrara M, Bertozzi G, Di Fazio N, et al. Healthcare (Basel). 2024;12(5):549.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being rapidly integrated into clinical care and research. This review summarizes how AI can be used to prevent adverse events (e.g., medication errors) and improve the efficiency of incident reporting systems through natural language processing and machine learning.

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