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ReviewAnnual review of biomedical data science2025

Evaluation and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Medical Devices for Clinical Decision Support.

Gary E Weissman

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Review in Annual review of biomedical data science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. AI in respiratory care: findings from the GOLD report.Journal of translational medicine · 2026
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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

1 author.

Gary E WeissmanPalliative and Advanced Illness Research Center; Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine; Division of Informatics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics; AID Center for AI and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; email: gary.weissman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Funding

Precision Approaches to Reduce Asthma Disparities with Electronic Health Record DataR01HL162354 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HUBBARD, REBECCA, WEISSMAN, GARY · 2022 to 2025
$3.1M
Improving sepsis care with AI-based clinical decision supportR35GM155262 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Gary Weissman · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
Building equitable and feasible clinical decision support tools for population health management of people living with chronic lung diseaseR03HL171424 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WEISSMAN, GARY · 2024 to 2025
$244k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL162354NHLBI NIH HHS R03 HL171424NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM155262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) methods were first developed nearly seven decades ago. Only in recent years have they demonstrated their potential to improve clinical care at the bedside. AI systems are now capable of interpreting, predicting, and even generating important medical information. AI medical devices share many similarities with traditional medical devices but also diverge from them in important ways. Despite widespread optimism and enthusiasm surrounding the use of such devices to improve care processes, patient outcomes, and the healthcare experience for patients, caregivers, and clinicians alike, little evidence exists so far for their effectiveness in practice. Even less is known about the safety or equity of AI medical devices. As with any new technology, this exciting time is accompanied by appropriate questions regarding if, how much, when, and who such AI systems really help. Different stakeholders, ranging from patients to clinicians to industry device developers, may have divergent preferences or assessments of risk and benefits, warranting an informed public discussion to guide emerging regulatory efforts. This review summarizes the rapidly evolving recent efforts and evidence related to the regulation and evaluation of AI medical devices and highlights opportunities for future work to ensure their effectiveness, safety, and equity.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceDecision Support Systems, ClinicalEquipment and SuppliesHumansartificial intelligenceclinical decision supportmachine learningmedical devicesregulation

Identifiers

PMID39971383
PMCPMC12339208

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