Akron-area experts share concerns about AI use in medicine

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While artificial intelligence in hospitals is still in its early stages of being regulated, Akron-area hospitals are implementing it in multiple ways, along with training and education.

Christopher Congeni, a partner at the Amundsen Davis law firm‘s Cleveland office, said there is a host of concerns hospitals, physician groups and private practices must consider when they decide to use AI.

Some of these include bias, transparency and maintaining the use of AI as a tool rather than as an entity that can replace people.

“Health care is very, very regulated, and that presents challenges because we’re still trying to figure out how to regulate AI,” he said.

Hospitals are adopting AI algorithms to help with everything from interpreting radiology reports to summarizing findings and identifying stroke patients in emergency rooms more quickly.

Congeni said the use of AI in hospitals is in the risk-assessment stage, and as regulations and laws are developed, minimizing risk through comprehensive compliance plans is important.

“You have to figure out how far to go,” Congeni said. “Is it part of the actual diagnosis or treatment, or is it just a foundational piece to make something easier for the provider?”

Dr. Po-Hao Chen, vice chair for artificial intelligence in the Diagnostics Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, uses AI to speed up stroke diagnosis. He says a person always oversees AI and makes the final decision on a diagnosis. (Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic)

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