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Attitudes towards artificial intelligence in emergency medicine.
- Source :
- Emergency Medicine Australasia; Apr2024, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p252-265, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess Australian and New Zealand emergency clinicians' attitudes towards the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in emergency medicine. Methods: We undertook a qualitative interview‐based study based on grounded theory. Participants were recruited through ED internal mailing lists, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Bulletin, and the research teams' personal networks. Interviews were transcribed, coded and themes presented. Results: Twenty‐five interviews were conducted between July 2021 and May 2022. Thematic saturation was achieved after 22 interviews. Most participants were from either Western Australia (52%) or Victoria (16%) and were consultants (96%). More participants reported feeling optimistic (10/25) than neutral (6/25), pessimistic (2/25) or mixed (7/25) towards the use of AI in the ED. A minority expressed scepticism regarding the feasibility or value of implementing AI into the ED. Multiple potential risks and ethical issues were discussed by participants including skill loss from overreliance on AI, algorithmic bias, patient privacy and concerns over liability. Participants also discussed perceived inadequacies in existing information technology systems. Participants felt that AI technologies would be used as decision support tools and not replace the roles of emergency clinicians. Participants were not concerned about the impact of AI on their job security. Most (17/25) participants thought that AI would impact emergency medicine within the next 10 years. Conclusions: Emergency clinicians interviewed were generally optimistic about the use of AI in emergency medicine, so long as it is used as a decision support tool and they maintain the ability to override its recommendations. This qualitative study found that emergency clinicians in Australia and New Zealand were generally optimistic about the use of artificial intelligence (AI)‐enabled decision support tools in EDs. A number of issues were raised that require attention before full acceptance. AI‐enabled tools must operate as decision support only, be locally validated, be effectively integrated into existing workflows and take ethical concerns into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DATA security
QUALITATIVE research
MEDICAL informatics
OCCUPATIONAL roles
JOB security
RESEARCH funding
ARTIFICIAL intelligence
ATTITUDES toward computers
INTERVIEWING
PRIVACY
RESPONSIBILITY
CLINICAL decision support systems
EMERGENCY medicine
EMERGENCY medical services
PATIENT care
HOSPITAL emergency services
EMAIL
THEMATIC analysis
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
MEDICAL coding
COMPUTER literacy
GROUNDED theory
ALGORITHMS
MEDICAL ethics
EVALUATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17426731
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176078914
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14345