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Healthcare AI: In the ‘Wild West’ of AI Health Care, These 4 Things Could Go Very Wrong

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Private industry has edged out academia in producing state-of-the-art AI systems; at the same time, the number of incidents of ethical misuse of AI has increased dramatically—from 10 in 2012 to more than 250 in 2021. Some of the data come directly from hospitals. The field is growing in what could be called a “Wild West” of AI.

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Two-Thirds of Appendectomies May Be Unnecessary

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Despite such findings, other research 6 suggests prophylactic appendectomy "is ethically justifiable, as there are few complications," and "allows early detection of malignancies." Nationwide Children's Hospital professor of surgery and senior study author Dr. Katherine J. But there are choices.

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