Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Technologies to Augment Patient Care

  Premium   Download PDF Now (106 pages)
Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 30, 2020
Release Date Nov. 30, 2020
Report No. GAO-21-7SP
Summary:

Artificial Intelligence tools show promise for improving health care. They can help predict health trajectories, recommend treatments, and automate administrative tasks. Challenges associated with these tools include:

Transparency: If a medical provider doesn't know how a tool works, it could reduce trust in the tool.

Bias: Limitations and bias in data can reduce the safety and effectiveness of AI tools.

Data: Obtaining the high-quality data needed to create effective AI tools can be difficult.

We offer policy options—such as improving data access, establishing best practices, and more—to address these and other challenges we found.

AI generates information for health care providers to help them better care for patients and be more efficient.

A graphic connecting a person in a hospital bed, a laptop, and medical personnel.

« Return to search Government Accountability Office reports