Public vs physician views of liability for artificial intelligence in health care |
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| Authors: | Dhruv Khullar Lawrence P Casalino Yuting Qian Yuan Lu Enoch Chang Sanjay Aneja |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA;2. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA;3. Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;4. Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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| Abstract: | The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care has raised questions about who should be held liable for medical errors that result from care delivered jointly by physicians and algorithms. In this survey study comparing views of physicians and the U.S. public, we find that the public is significantly more likely to believe that physicians should be held responsible when an error occurs during care delivered with medical AI, though the majority of both physicians and the public hold this view (66.0% vs 57.3%; P = .020). Physicians are more likely than the public to believe that vendors (43.8% vs 32.9%; P = .004) and healthcare organizations should be liable for AI-related medical errors (29.2% vs 22.6%; P = .05). Views of medical liability did not differ by clinical specialty. Among the general public, younger people are more likely to hold nearly all parties liable. |
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| Keywords: | Artificial intelligence medical errors medical liability regulatory policy |
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