Artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support for liver transplant evaluation and considerations about fairness : A qualitative study

Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases..

BACKGROUND: The use of large-scale data and artificial intelligence (AI) to support complex transplantation decisions is in its infancy. Transplant candidate decision-making, which relies heavily on subjective assessment (ie, high variability), provides a ripe opportunity for AI-based clinical decision support (CDS). However, AI-CDS for transplant applications must consider important concerns regarding fairness (ie, health equity). The objective of this study was to use human-centered design methods to elicit providers' perceptions of AI-CDS for liver transplant listing decisions.

METHODS: In this multicenter qualitative study conducted from December 2020 to July 2021, we performed semistructured interviews with 53 multidisciplinary liver transplant providers from 2 transplant centers. We used inductive coding and constant comparison analysis of interview data.

RESULTS: Analysis yielded 6 themes important for the design of fair AI-CDS for liver transplant listing decisions: (1) transparency in the creators behind the AI-CDS and their motivations; (2) understanding how the AI-CDS uses data to support recommendations (ie, interpretability); (3) acknowledgment that AI-CDS could mitigate emotions and biases; (4) AI-CDS as a member of the transplant team, not a replacement; (5) identifying patient resource needs; and (6) including the patient's role in the AI-CDS.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, providers interviewed were cautiously optimistic about the potential for AI-CDS to improve clinical and equitable outcomes for patients. These findings can guide multidisciplinary developers in the design and implementation of AI-CDS that deliberately considers health equity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Hepatology communications - 7(2023), 10 vom: 01. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Strauss, Alexandra T [VerfasserIn]
Sidoti, Carolyn N [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Hannah C [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Vedant S [VerfasserIn]
Lehmann, Harold [VerfasserIn]
Purnell, Tanjala S [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, John W [VerfasserIn]
Malinsky, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Hamilton, James P [VerfasserIn]
Garonzik-Wang, Jacqueline [VerfasserIn]
Gray, Stephen H [VerfasserIn]
Levan, Macey L [VerfasserIn]
Hinson, Jeremiah S [VerfasserIn]
Gurses, Ayse P [VerfasserIn]
Gurakar, Ahmet [VerfasserIn]
Segev, Dorry L [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Scott [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 12.09.2023

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/HC9.0000000000000239

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361925271