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ArticleNature communications2025

Towards fairness-aware and privacy-preserving enhanced collaborative learning for healthcare.

Feilong Zhang, Deming Zhai, Guo Bai, Junjun Jiang, Qixiang Ye, Xiangyang Ji, Xianming Liu

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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7 authors.

Feilong Zhang *Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6335-2543
Deming Zhai *Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Guo BaiShanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Junjun JiangFaculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Qixiang YeSchool of Electronic Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiangyang JiDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. xyji@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7333-9975
Xianming LiuFaculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. csxm@hit.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8857-1785

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62071155National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92270116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The widespread integration of AI algorithms in healthcare has sparked ethical concerns, particularly regarding privacy and fairness. Federated Learning (FL) offers a promising solution to learn from a broad spectrum of patient data without directly accessing individual records, enhancing privacy while facilitating knowledge sharing across distributed data sources. However, healthcare institutions face significant variations in access to crucial computing resources, with resource budgets often linked to demographic and socio-economic factors, exacerbating unfairness in participation. While heterogeneous federated learning methods allow healthcare institutions with varying computational capacities to collaborate, they fail to address the performance gap between resource-limited and resource-rich institutions. As a result, resource-limited institutions may receive suboptimal models, further reinforcing disparities in AI-driven healthcare outcomes. Here, we propose a resource-adaptive framework for collaborative learning that dynamically adjusts to varying computational capacities, ensuring fair participation. Our approach enhances model accuracy, safeguards patient privacy, and promotes equitable access to trustworthy and efficient AI-driven healthcare solutions.

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Artificial IntelligenceDelivery of Health CarePrivacyAlgorithmsCooperative BehaviorHumansMachine Learning

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PMCPMC11930927

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