Digital Ethics - The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Ley, Melissa-Sophie (2020)
Ley, Melissa-Sophie
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202004044478
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202004044478
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Various retirement homes are already using prototypes of curing robots to help nurses in their daily work. Artificial intelligence is used to analyze medical images regarding different types of cancer. New antibiotics are discovered with the help of AI applications. These are just few examples of the application of artificial intelligence in medicine, which illustrates that in the near future there will be an increasing use of the technologies to improve health care.
The goal of this research is to determine how digital technologies and artificial intelligence can be integrated into everyday medical life in order to both improve medical standards and meet ethical values. To this end, design options for an AI-supported health care system are presented.
The research question is answered by means of sub-questions. It is shown in which areas of medicine AI is applied, which advantages are offered by the application and which ethical questions arise. Furthermore, it is explained which requirements AI applications must meet in order to comply with ethical values and how these requirements can be met.
To answer the questions, an extensive literature research has been conducted. Reference was also made to a study carried out by PwC in 2018, which primarily deals with digitalization in patient consultations and the use of new technologies in the health care system. The research has shown that AI promises great potential in the field of medicine, but above all raises questions about transparency, data protection and social acceptance.
On this basis, it is advisable to develop EU-wide strategies for the use of AI in medicine to ensure that ethical requirements for the systems are met.
The goal of this research is to determine how digital technologies and artificial intelligence can be integrated into everyday medical life in order to both improve medical standards and meet ethical values. To this end, design options for an AI-supported health care system are presented.
The research question is answered by means of sub-questions. It is shown in which areas of medicine AI is applied, which advantages are offered by the application and which ethical questions arise. Furthermore, it is explained which requirements AI applications must meet in order to comply with ethical values and how these requirements can be met.
To answer the questions, an extensive literature research has been conducted. Reference was also made to a study carried out by PwC in 2018, which primarily deals with digitalization in patient consultations and the use of new technologies in the health care system. The research has shown that AI promises great potential in the field of medicine, but above all raises questions about transparency, data protection and social acceptance.
On this basis, it is advisable to develop EU-wide strategies for the use of AI in medicine to ensure that ethical requirements for the systems are met.