Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare with a promise to improve clinical decision-making, patient outcomes, and hospital systems’ efficiency.
Yet, challenges related to patient safety and model bias, validation, and integration into existing systems remain and must be addressed for the responsible and effective implementation of AI into the Australian hospital system.
The Perspective Brief, Advancing AI integration in hospitals: An appendicitis case-study approach, calls for a targeted, problem-driven strategy, supported by robust AI governance frameworks and a unified, accountable national strategy to develop an AI ecosystem that is safe, effective, and aligned with the specific needs of Australia’s hospital system.