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Watchdog Says AI in Healthcare Leaves Patients Vulnerable
(MENAFN) The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into medical care is outpacing legal safeguards — leaving patients dangerously exposed, Belgium's National High Council for Persons with Disabilities (CSNPH) cautioned in a report released Thursday, as cited by media.
"The doctor-patient relationship must remain human-to-human," the council stressed.
While physicians currently retain oversight of AI-assisted decisions, the CSNPH raised alarms that such oversight could erode over time as dependency on the technology deepens and its use becomes second nature within clinical settings.
To counter this trajectory, the council urged the establishment of centralized validation frameworks for medical AI systems, alongside mandatory bias testing — a measure it deemed essential to shield vulnerable patient groups from discriminatory outcomes embedded in flawed algorithms.
The report went further, calling for an ethical charter governing AI deployment in healthcare, and underscoring the urgent need for rigorous development methodologies, diverse training datasets, and full transparency throughout the AI lifecycle. Equipping healthcare professionals with proper training was also identified as a cornerstone of responsible implementation.
Critically, the CSNPH concluded that the European Union's landmark AI Act — despite its sweeping scope — falls short in addressing the unique complexities of healthcare, and must be supplemented by sector-specific regulation to meaningfully protect patients.
The findings arrive as governments and regulators across Europe face mounting pressure to establish guardrails around AI technologies reshaping life-or-death medical decisions.
"The doctor-patient relationship must remain human-to-human," the council stressed.
While physicians currently retain oversight of AI-assisted decisions, the CSNPH raised alarms that such oversight could erode over time as dependency on the technology deepens and its use becomes second nature within clinical settings.
To counter this trajectory, the council urged the establishment of centralized validation frameworks for medical AI systems, alongside mandatory bias testing — a measure it deemed essential to shield vulnerable patient groups from discriminatory outcomes embedded in flawed algorithms.
The report went further, calling for an ethical charter governing AI deployment in healthcare, and underscoring the urgent need for rigorous development methodologies, diverse training datasets, and full transparency throughout the AI lifecycle. Equipping healthcare professionals with proper training was also identified as a cornerstone of responsible implementation.
Critically, the CSNPH concluded that the European Union's landmark AI Act — despite its sweeping scope — falls short in addressing the unique complexities of healthcare, and must be supplemented by sector-specific regulation to meaningfully protect patients.
The findings arrive as governments and regulators across Europe face mounting pressure to establish guardrails around AI technologies reshaping life-or-death medical decisions.
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