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Elise is a reporter with MedCity News, where she writes about digital health and insurance. Previously, she covered healthcare and technology for the San Diego Business Journal and the Kansas City Business Journal. Originally from Colorado, she moved to San Diego, where she enjoys hiking and spending time outside.
Who is checking to ensure these systems work as intended?
Often overshadowed by its larger, more affluent neighbors to the west, Imperial County had few testing and vaccination resources early on. Now, flush with vaccines, groups in the county are taking targeted efforts to reach vulnerable communities.
An action plan shared by the FDA earlier this year showed how the regulator is thinking about future regulations for AI and machine learning in healthcare. But the agency still has several big questions to address as it prepares to roll out new guidance.
It's important for clinicians to consider AI recommendations with a critical eye, the same as they would for any other test, said Dr. Erich Huang, Director of Duke Forge.
Of 26 health systems surveyed by MedCity News, nearly half used automated tools to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, but none of them were regulated. Even as some hospitals continued using these algorithms, experts cautioned against their use in high-stakes decisions.
Hospitals and insurance companies use a variety of algorithms to calculate risk, but they don’t always yield equitable results.
