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Artificial Intelligence to Promote Racial and Ethnic Cardiovascular Health Equity
Daniel Amponsah1, Ritu Thamman2, Eric Brandt3
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports
|March 27, 2025
Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help address racial inequities in cardiology but may also perpetuate bias. Careful development and deployment are crucial for equitable AI in cardiovascular care.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Medical Informatics
- Health Equity
Background:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) offers potential to improve cardiovascular care outcomes.
- AI is envisioned as a tool to detect and mitigate racial and ethnic inequities in cardiovascular medicine.
- However, AI algorithms can harbor and propagate biases, posing a risk to equitable healthcare.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the landscape of AI in cardiology.
- To examine AI's role in identifying and addressing healthcare inequities.
- To discuss concerns and strategies for equitable AI utilization in cardiovascular health.
Main Methods:
- Review of current literature on AI in cardiology.
- Analysis of AI's potential for bias detection and mitigation.
- Exploration of strategies for promoting diversity in AI research and development.
Main Results:
- AI can be valuable in diagnosing and mitigating racial/ethnic inequities in cardiology.
- AI may inadvertently perpetuate biases due to limited training data diversity and inadequate monitoring.
- Rigorous efforts are needed to address AI limitations and ensure equitable deployment.
Conclusions:
- Implementing AI in cardiovascular care requires meticulous data collection and dataset review.
- Ensuring equitable AI performance necessitates rigorous testing and continuous algorithm surveillance.
- Promoting workforce diversity and stakeholder engagement is crucial for AI-driven cardiovascular health equity.
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