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ArticleAnnual review of biomedical data science2021

Ethical Machine Learning in Healthcare.

Irene Y Chen, Emma Pierson, Sherri Rose, Shalmali Joshi, Kadija Ferryman, Marzyeh Ghassemi

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Article in Annual review of biomedical data science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 251 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

251 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Irene Y ChenDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Emma PiersonMicrosoft Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02143, USA.
Sherri RoseCenter for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Shalmali JoshiVector Institute, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada.
Kadija FerrymanDepartment of Technology, Culture, and Society, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA.
Marzyeh GhassemiDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

Funding

Machine Learning for Health Outcomes and Quality of Care in Low-Income PopulationsDP2MD012722 · NIMHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ROSE, SHERRI · 2017 to 2017
$2.5M
NIMHD NIH HHS DP2 MD012722
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of machine learning (ML) in healthcare raises numerous ethical concerns, especially as models can amplify existing health inequities. Here, we outline ethical considerations for equitable ML in the advancement of healthcare. Specifically, we frame ethics of ML in healthcare through the lens of social justice. We describe ongoing efforts and outline challenges in a proposed pipeline of ethical ML in health, ranging from problem selection to postdeployment considerations. We close by summarizing recommendations to address these challenges.

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Delivery of Health CareSocial JusticeHealth FacilitiesMachine LearningMoralsbiasethicshealthhealthcarehealth disparitiesmachine learning

Identifiers

PMID34396058
PMCPMC8362902

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