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National Academies Provide Rapid Response to White House on Coronavirus Data Needs
WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) this week requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine rapidly examine the information and data needed to help determine the origins of the novel coronavirus...
Victor J. Dzau Outlines Plans and Priorities for Second Term as NAM President in Letter to Members
In a letter to NAM members today, Victor J. Dzau outlined plans and priorities for his second term as president of the Academy. Dzau's election, announced in January, marked the first time in the organization's history that the membership has elected its president....
National Academy of Medicine Announces Committee on Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation (CESTI)
The National Academy of Medicine announced today the newly established Committee on Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in health and medicine (CESTI). The committee will assess the landscape of emerging scientific advances and technologies in health and...
NAM President Victor J. Dzau Joins Fellow Members of Global Preparedness Monitoring Board in Issuing Statement on Outbreak of 2019-novel Coronavirus
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent monitoring and accountability body co-convened by the World Bank Group and the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure preparedness for global health crises, today issued a statement recommending urgent...
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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: The Hope, the Hype, the Promise, the Peril
A Special Publication from the National Academy of Medicine
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care offers unprecedented opportunities to improve patient and clinical team outcomes, reduce costs, and impact population health. While there have been a number of promising examples of AI applications in health care, it is imperative to proceed with caution or risk the potential of user disillusionment, another AI winter, or futher exacerbation of existing health- and technology-driven disparities.
AI is poised to make transformative and disruptive advances in health care, but it is prudent to balance the need for thoughtful, inclusive health care AI that plans for and actively manages and reduces potential unintended consequences, while not yielding to marketing hype and profit motives.
