Ethical, social, and political challenges of artificial intelligence in health (Future Advocacy, 2018)

Introduction

Report prepared by Future Advocacy for the Wellcome Trust, combining a synthesis of literature reviews and interviews with experts to understand how AI is being used in healthcare, how it could be used in the near future, and what ethical, social, and political challenges these current and prospective uses present. The views of patients, their representatives, and members of the public have also been included.

The report is divided into five sections:

• Process optimisation e.g procurement, logistics, and staff scheduling
• Pre-clinical research e.g drug discovery and genomic science
• Clinical pathways e.g. diagnostics and prognostication
• Patient-facing applications e.g delivery of therapies or the provision of information
• Population-level applications e.g. identifying epidemics and understanding non-communicable chronic diseases

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Ethical, social, and political challenges of artificial intelligence in health (Future Advocacy, 2018)