Bridging the artificial intelligence valley of death in surgical decision-making

Jeremy Balch¹, Gilbert R Upchurch Jr², Azra Bihorac³, Tyler J Loftus⁴

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¹ Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/balchja.
² Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/gru6n.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/AzraBihorac.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: tyler.loftus@surgery.ufl.edu.

PMID: 33608148
PMCID: PMC8276528
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.01.008

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Bridging the artificial intelligence valley of death in surgical decision-making

Jeremy Balch et al. Surgery. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;169(4):746-748.

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.01.008. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Authors

Jeremy Balch¹, Gilbert R Upchurch Jr², Azra Bihorac³, Tyler J Loftus⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/balchja.
² Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/gru6n.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/AzraBihorac.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: tyler.loftus@surgery.ufl.edu.

PMID: 33608148
PMCID: PMC8276528
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.01.008

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The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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To improve surgical care, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled decision-support must overcome mistrust, low-utility predictions, and clinical time constraints.

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