ReviewNPJ digital medicine2023
An integrative review on the acceptance of artificial intelligence among healthcare professionals in hospitals.
Review in NPJ digital medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 193 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
193 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- From interface to outcome: a 4I framework for AI-linked functionality in electronic health records.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Pooled it
- Artificial intelligence for infection surveillance, risk stratification, and antimicrobial decision support in acute-care hospitals: a scoping review.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Pooled it
- Task-Technology Fit of Artificial Intelligence-based clinical decision support systems: a review of qualitative studies.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Pooled it
- Health Care Professionals' Perspectives of Socially Assistive Robots in Health Care Settings: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Artificial Intelligence in Health Education and Practice: A Systematic Review of Health Students' and Academics' Knowledge, Perceptions and Experiences.International nursing review · 2025Pooled it
- Challenges in Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Breast Cancer Screening Programs: Systematic Review and Framework for Safe Adoption.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Healthcare professionals' perspectives on artificial intelligence in patient care: a systematic review of hindering and facilitating factors on different levels.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of Health Care Practitioners' Intention to Use AI-Enabled Clinical Decision Support Systems: Meta-Analysis Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Artificial intelligence predictive analytics in heart failure: results of the pilot phase of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Trial
- Expert-centered Evaluation of Deep Learning Algorithms for Brain Tumor Segmentation.Radiology. Artificial intelligence · 2024Trial
- The role of digital literacy and ethical awareness in nurses' acceptance of Artificial Intelligence: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Identifying factors influencing acceptance of artificial intelligence among general practitioners in Danish general practice: a cross-sectional web-based survey study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Clinicians' Trust in AI-Based Clinical Recommendations Across Controlled Primary Care-Style Clinical Vignettes: Nurse-Dominant Experimental Pilot Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Using Theory-Based Frameworks to Identify Barriers, Facilitators, Expectations, and Willingness to Pay for Online Medical Consultation Services in China: Qualitative Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence to support clinical practice across the inpatient heart failure care pathway: a systematic review.European heart journal. Digital health · 2026Review
- Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions of AI Integration in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Mixed Methods Study of Challenges to the Patient-Physician Relationship.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- AI in Neurological Health Care: Qualitative Study of Patient and Public Perceptions.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- The Perceived Influence of AI on the Craftsmanship of Physicians: Qualitative Interview and Focus Group Study.JMIR AI · 2026Article
- AI for Health Care Quality and Patient Safety: Scoping Review of Diagnostic, Predictive, and Decision Support Applications.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
133 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the domain of healthcare is increasing in prominence. Acceptance is an indispensable prerequisite for the widespread implementation of AI. The aim of this integrative review is to explore barriers and facilitators influencing healthcare professionals' acceptance of AI in the hospital setting. Forty-two articles met the inclusion criteria for this review. Pertinent elements to the study such as the type of AI, factors influencing acceptance, and the participants' profession were extracted from the included studies, and the studies were appraised for their quality. The data extraction and results were presented according to the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The included studies revealed a variety of facilitating and hindering factors for AI acceptance in the hospital setting. Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) were the AI form included in most studies (n = 21). Heterogeneous results with regard to the perceptions of the effects of AI on error occurrence, alert sensitivity and timely resources were reported. In contrast, fear of a loss of (professional) autonomy and difficulties in integrating AI into clinical workflows were unanimously reported to be hindering factors. On the other hand, training for the use of AI facilitated acceptance. Heterogeneous results may be explained by differences in the application and functioning of the different AI systems as well as inter-professional and interdisciplinary disparities. To conclude, in order to facilitate acceptance of AI among healthcare professionals it is advisable to integrate end-users in the early stages of AI development as well as to offer needs-adjusted training for the use of AI in healthcare and providing adequate infrastructure.
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