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ABSTRACT: Background
The efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automated medical-history-taking systems with AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists on physicians' diagnostic accuracy was shown. However, considering the negative effects of AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists such as omission (physicians reject a correct diagnosis suggested by AI) and commission (physicians accept an incorrect diagnosis suggested by AI) errors, the efficacy of AI-driven automated medical-history-taking systems without AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists on physicians' diagnostic accuracy should be evaluated.Objective
The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of AI-driven automated medical-history-taking systems with or without AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists on physicians' diagnostic accuracy.Methods
This randomized controlled study was conducted in January 2021 and included 22 physicians working at a university hospital. Participants were required to read 16 clinical vignettes in which the AI-driven medical history of real patients generated up to three differential diagnoses per case. Participants were divided into two groups: with and without an AI-driven differential-diagnosis list.Results
There was no significant difference in diagnostic accuracy between the two groups (57.4% vs. 56.3%, respectively; p = 0.91). Vignettes that included a correct diagnosis in the AI-generated list showed the greatest positive effect on physicians' diagnostic accuracy (adjusted odds ratio 7.68; 95% CI 4.68-12.58; p < 0.001). In the group with AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists, 15.9% of diagnoses were omission errors and 14.8% were commission errors.Conclusions
Physicians' diagnostic accuracy using AI-driven automated medical history did not differ between the groups with and without AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists.
SUBMITTER: Harada Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7924871 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harada Yukinori Y Katsukura Shinichi S Kawamura Ren R Shimizu Taro T
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210221 4
<h4>Background</h4>The efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automated medical-history-taking systems with AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists on physicians' diagnostic accuracy was shown. However, considering the negative effects of AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists such as omission (physicians reject a correct diagnosis suggested by AI) and commission (physicians accept an incorrect diagnosis suggested by AI) errors, the efficacy of AI-driven automated medical-history-taking ...[more]