The ethical impact of AI algorithms in healthcare should be assessed at each phase, from data creation to model deployment, so that their use narrows rather than widens inequalities.
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Ng, M.Y., Kapur, S., Blizinsky, K.D. et al. The AI life cycle: a holistic approach to creating ethical AI for health decisions. Nat Med 28, 2247–2249 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01993-y
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