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When has a system in care ranked someone we are responsible for, and who was allowed to question it?
What must remain a human judgement even if a model is faster?
Whose data trained the tool that now sits in the room?
How do we speak about benefit without hiding who is left out?
What is one practice we will test, and one we will refuse, this month?
Triage algorithm bias
Triage algorithm bias occurs when an automated urgency score gives some groups lower priority than their medical needs justify.
Diagnostic errors
Diagnostic error happens when AI suggests the wrong explanation for a person's symptoms or fails to identify an illness that is present.
AI documentation "ambient scribes"
Ambient-scribe risk arises when a tool listening to a clinical conversation creates an inaccurate record or captures and uses speech in ways the patient did not understand.
These resources offer more detail. Each title opens the original source in a new tab.
Health-specific guidance
World Health Organization
WHO guidance on the ethics and governance of large multimodal models in health.
Use this when considering generative AI in a health or care setting.
How to manage, not only name
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
A voluntary framework for organizing work to identify, assess, and manage AI risks.
Use this when your organization needs a process for managing AI risk.