Inspector Health opens to scrutinize the use of artificial intelligence in NHS | health
The Inspector General of Health Activities (IGAS) started a review of Using artificial intelligence (IA) in the National Health Service entities (NHS), which will evaluate the sources of financing and safety and respect the rights of users.
In a note released in your locationIgas explains that this scrutiny aims to contribute to the responsible use of the NHS intelligence agency, and to evaluate the strategy of artificial intelligence in public health services and investment in training and training professionals.
Data management policy used by artificial intelligence, information security, system strength and artificial intelligence effect are other fields of this scrutiny.
Last week, the basis of doctors, Carlos Cortis, warned that artificial intelligence could not replace the doctor, warning that tools such as Chatgpt are not eligible to make medical diagnoses.
“It is necessary to say that artificial intelligence is not, and it cannot be, as a substitute for clinical judgment, medical experience or human communication. Diagnosis is an essential part of the medical action, which not only involves objective data, but also the interpretation of context, active listening and sympathy,” Losa said.
The president added that artificial intelligence should be considered a tool to support clinical decision and not as an independent diagnostic factor.
He insists that fError from IA Not eligible to make diagnoses, Carlos Cortis He pointed out that “strong scientific evidence, strict verification mechanisms, and above all, the algorithm transparency that allows doctors to understand the proposed decisions and confidence in them.”
In cases of wrong diagnoses, the president states that “the consequences can be very dangerous: delay at the beginning of adequate treatments, the exacerbation of clinical conditions, exposure to unnecessary or inappropriate treatments, the suffering that can be avoided, and even the loss of human life”, while the Ama tools do not bear moral responsibility.
The doctor also says that in Portugal, there were no AI’s use of related clinical consequences, although the lack of cases cannot be confused with the absence of risk.
Speaking to Losa, Carlos Cortis also defended the creation of a national agency for Amnesty International in Health, as a way to prevent misconceptions and medical misinformation.
