The American College of Physicians (ACP) emphasizes that artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare should serve a supportive role, best described as augmented intelligence. Representing over 160,000 internal medicine professionals, ACP outlines ten key positions in a recent Annals of Internal Medicine paper. These positions stress ethical alignment, transparency, privacy, reducing clinician burden, and comprehensive AI training for physicians. AI should enhance, not replace, the patient-physician relationship, avoiding demographic biases and supporting clinical decisions without taking over. Transparency is crucial to maintain trust, with stakeholders needing full awareness of AI’s role in patient care. Privacy is another priority, advocating for deidentified and aggregated data usage in AI model development, alongside federal privacy legislation to protect AI data. AI tools should alleviate administrative and cognitive burdens, freeing time for physician-patient interactions and reducing burnout. Finally, ACP calls for robust AI education at all levels of medical training to ensure physicians can independently make clinical decisions and remain vigilant against AI errors.
AI in Healthcare – ACP’s Guidelines for Ethical and Effective Integration
AI in healthcare should enhance the patient-physician relationship, not replace it.
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