Clinical AI could face a patient-benefit versus cost dilemma

Clinical AI tools raise a question about whose interests their advice serves when costs and patient benefit diverge, Axios reports. Bob Wachter, chair of medicine at UCSF, proposes giving clinicians multiple recommendations with their tradeoffs. Axios also describes lawsuits challenging insurer predictive tools. UnitedHealthcare denies using nH Predict in coverage decisions, and the lawsuits’ claims remain allegations.