Cardiologists’ views on AI-assisted clinical decision support

New research published this month in Nature explores the role of AI in clinical decision support. Researchers asked cardiologists about perceived time savings, efficiency, hallucinations and omissions. They found that cardiologists found clinically significant omissions in nearly 8% of cases. Yet they also found that cardiologists working without AI assistance had more clinically significant errors than those assisted by AI. Cardiologists also report that AI helped their assessment more than half the time and saved time in at least half of their cases. The study gets to the issue of confidence in the technology: if clinicians trust AI tools, they can save time and improve care despite staffing shortages.