Cited by 244Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Should Health Care Demand Interpretable Artificial Intelligence or Accept “Black Box” Medicine?

Wang, Fei, Kaushal, Rainu, Khullar, Dhruv·2020·Annals of Internal Medicine

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Health care applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have recently emerged. Artificial intelligence approaches, such as deep learning, rely on vast amounts of data and complex model structures ...

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  • Development of deep learning models requires the active involvement of clinicians.

    “thus, the development of such models requires the active involvement of clinicians (10).”
  • The black-box phenomena will be difficult for physicians to trust and will be a challenge for the doctor-patient relationship because many physicians will find themselves unable to explain the diagnosis, prediction, or therapy.

    “Subsequently, this black-box phenomena (10) will be difficult for physicians to trust, and it will also be a challenge for the doctor-patient relationship since many physicians will find themselves unable to explain the diagnosis, prediction, or therapy (59).”
  • Visualization techniques are often performed to construct qualitative clusters of patient cohorts to provide an intuitive interpretation of the learned representations.

    “Visualization techniques are often performed to construct qualitative clusters of patient cohorts to provide an intuitive interpretation of the learned representations [102].”

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Authors
Wang, F., Kaushal, R., & Khullar, D.
Affiliations
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
  • NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
Venue
Annals of Internal Medicine
Published
2020-01-07
Volume
172
Issue
1
Pages
59-60
ISSN
  • 0003-4819 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-3704
OpenAlex
W2995109209
Cited by
244
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 30
FWCI
11.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annals of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Keywords
explainable AI, black-box models, health care demand, deep learning, model interpretability, algorithmic transparency, healthcare decision-making
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Models, Statistical

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