aceThe Ethics of Autonomous Clinical AI: Shifting From Model Accuracy to Model Impact
The ethics of autonomous clinical AI are controversial. Traditional ethics assessments have focused on AI model performance rather than health system outcomes. Nichol and colleagues translate established research ethics principles into 9 practical recommendations for trials of autonomous clinical AI. Their findings support an evolution in clinical trial design. The accuracy and performance of the model is important, but the ethical unit of evaluation should be the complete care pathway, with prespecified obligat…
Nine research-ethics recommendations for autonomous clinical AI trials would shift evaluation from model performance to whole care pathways, with set obligations for subgroups, follow-up, failures, and model changes.
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- Peer-reviewedJournal of Medical Internet Research2026-10-23
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2230, v1: “The Ethics of Autonomous Clinical AI: Shifting From Model Accuracy to Model Impact.” Truvace, 2026-10-24. /record/TRV-2026-2230 (accessed at citation time). sha256 e7b2850e6049b381…
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