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ArticleJournal of experimental orthopaedics2026

From code to care in hours: Why "go fast and fix things" is the new medical imperative.

Oriol Pujol, Felix C Oettl, Jacob F Oeding, James A Pruneski, Balint Zsidai, Stefano Zaffagnini, Kristian Samuelsson

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Article in Journal of experimental orthopaedics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Oriol PujolKnee Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery Department Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Departament de Cirurgia) Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4760-2730
Felix C OettlOrthopaedic Surgery Department Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich Zurich Switzerland.
Jacob F OedingDepartment of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.
James A PruneskiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center Honolulu Hawaii USA.
Balint ZsidaiSahlgrenska Sports Medicine Center Gothenburg Sweden.
Stefano ZaffagniniClinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Bologna Italy.
Kristian SamuelssonSahlgrenska Sports Medicine Center Gothenburg Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5383-3370

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have led to rapid changes in clinical informatics. With the release of new models, the barrier to creating medical software has markedly decreased. As noted in the now-viral article by Matt Shumer, we have moved from a world where building a clinical application took a team of engineers working over the course of months to years, to one where a single clinician can develop and deploy a working prototype in hours to days. However, the same innovation driving this 'explosion' of tools also carries the risk of flooding health systems with unvalidated 'AI slop.' As prohibiting tools developed through AI runs the risk of stifling innovation and limiting potentially impactful discoveries, we suggest abandoning the slow, fear-based resistance to AI adoption. Further, we propose a 'go fast and fix things' framework-utilising target product profiles, regulatory sandboxes, and continuous audit-to harness the speed of generation and prototyping while rigorously validating clinical utility.

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PMCPMC13179040

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