AI and Patient Safety

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving into clinical practice, powering tools that draft medical notes, analyze imaging, generate patient communications and support clinical decision-making.

While these technologies promise efficiency and innovation, they also raise important questions about accuracy, bias, oversight and potential harm. AHCJ’s newest beat, AI and patient safety, will focus on breaking developments in the AI and health IT landscape and what they mean for patients, with a special emphasis on identifying and scrutinizing potential patient safety concerns. The field is growing so quickly that all journalists covering health care should have a basic understanding of how these systems are used and what questions to ask — so they can better inform their audiences.