Understanding the evidence for artificial intelligence in healthcare

Gretchen Purcell Jackson^{1

2}, Edward H Shortliffe^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Digital, Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, California, USA gretchenpurcell@stanfordalumni.org.
² Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.

Editorial

Gretchen Purcell Jackson et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 19;34(7):421-424.

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2025-018559.

Gretchen Purcell Jackson^{1

2}, Edward H Shortliffe^{3

4}

¹ Digital, Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, California, USA gretchenpurcell@stanfordalumni.org.
² Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Decision support, computerized; Evaluation methodology; Information technology; Patient Safety; Performance measures.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: GPJ is an employee of Intuitive Surgical, Inc, and she owns stock or stock options for Intuitive Surgical, IBM and Kyndryl.

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