Generative AI can enhance patient experiences and health outcomes, but trust, accuracy, staff training, and the protection of intellectual property are hurdles to its implementation in healthcare. To cultivate trust, patients and healthcare providers need to understand AI capabilities and have accountability. Demanding human oversight and monitoring aids accuracy. Staff training can address the unfamiliarity. The protection of intellectual property requires clear guidelines and policies. To address these concerns, consultative bodies like the Coalition for Health AI provide valuable guidelines.
The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
