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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: A Journey through History, Present Innovations, and Future Possibilities.

Rahim Hirani, Kaleb Noruzi, Hassan Khuram, Anum S Hussaini, Esewi Iyobosa Aifuwa, Kencie E Ely, Joshua M Lewis, Ahmed E Gabr, Abbas Smiley, Raj K Tiwari and 1 more

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. AI in Medical Questionnaires: Scoping ReviewJournal of medical Internet research · 2025
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9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Rahim HiraniSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9304-9916
Kaleb NoruziSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Hassan KhuramCollege of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7608-4915
Anum S HussainiDepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0761-3718
Esewi Iyobosa AifuwaSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-5523-167X
Kencie E ElyKirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4523-4623
Joshua M LewisSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Ahmed E GabrSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Abbas SmileySchool of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0590-0553
Raj K TiwariSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Mill EtienneSchool of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool in healthcare significantly impacting practices from diagnostics to treatment delivery and patient management. This article examines the progress of AI in healthcare, starting from the field's inception in the 1960s to present-day innovative applications in areas such as precision medicine, robotic surgery, and drug development. In addition, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the acceleration of the use of AI in technologies such as telemedicine and chatbots to enhance accessibility and improve medical education is also explored. Looking forward, the paper speculates on the promising future of AI in healthcare while critically addressing the ethical and societal considerations that accompany the integration of AI technologies. Furthermore, the potential to mitigate health disparities and the ethical implications surrounding data usage and patient privacy are discussed, emphasizing the need for evolving guidelines to govern AI's application in healthcare.

Indexed as

artificial intelligencechatbotsdigital healthmachine learningneural networkspersonalized medicineregulatory considerationstelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID38792579
PMCPMC11122160

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