Ethics of AI in Healthcare Decision-Making

Bwanbale Geoffrey David

Faculty of Pharmacy Kampala International University Uganda

ABSTRACT

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has significantly transformed various aspects of medical practice, including diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials, and drug discovery. While AI offers numerous benefits such as improved accuracy, personalized treatment, and expedited care, it also raises critical ethical concerns. These concerns encompass issues related to privacy, access, justice, trust, and safety, as well as the quality of AI decision-making, including transparency, bias, and accountability. This paper explores the ethical implications of AI in healthcare decision-making, highlighting both the potential advantages and the challenges associated with its use. It examines the role of AI in enhancing clinical outcomes and addresses the ethical dilemmas that arise from its application. Additionally, it provides best practices and guidelines to ensure the ethical deployment of AI in healthcare, aiming to create fair, accountable, and transparent systems that prioritize patient wellbeing.

Keywords: AI in healthcare, Ethical considerations in healthcare, Healthcare decision-making, AI ethics, Privacy in AI.

CITATION: Bwanbale Geoffrey David. (2024). Ethics of AI in Healthcare Decision-Making. Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine 3(1):19-22