Axios- The rapid deployment of artificial intelligence in hospitals and clinics is leading the nation's biggest physicians group to lobby for new legal protections if AI harms patients.
The use of increasingly sophisticated AI tools and recommendations is blurring the lines around negligence in health care, raising questions about whether doctors should be held responsible for decisions that rely on software.
There's added urgency as autonomous AI takes on more and more important medical tasks with less direct oversight.
The question is who's responsible when something goes wrong.
The American Medical Association this week called for federal and state legislation to protect physicians from liability when AI products injure patients, despite physicians using the tools as intended.
The group also is pressing for new laws mandating that AI companies carry adequate liability insurance and disclose product limitations and performance data.
Hospitals, health systems, insurers and health tech vendors should be responsible if the required use of specific AI products results in harmful errors, the AMA policy states.
Between the lines: The group's push comes as AI clinical tools are flooding the health system, unlocking new efficiencies but giving algorithms increasing power to make decisions like whether to order a diagnostic test or prescribe an expensive drug.
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