Scoping Review: Legal and Ethical Principles of Artificial Intelligence in Public Health

Anwar Al-Hwsali, Balqes Alsaadi, Nima Abdi, Shaza Khatab, Mahmood Alzubaidi, Barry Solaiman, Mowafa Househ*

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Abstract

The growing accessibility of large health datasets and AI's ability to analyze them offers significant potential to transform public health and epidemiology. AI-driven interventions in preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic healthcare are becoming more prevalent, but they raise ethical concerns, particularly regarding patient safety and privacy. This study presents a thorough analysis of ethical and legal principles found in the literature on AI applications in public health. A comprehensive search yielded 22 publications for review, revealing ethical principles such as equity, bias, privacy, security, safety, transparency, confidentiality, accountability, social justice, and autonomy. Additionally, five key ethical challenges were identified. The study emphasizes the importance of addressing these ethical and legal concerns and encourages further research to establish comprehensive guidelines for responsible AI implementation in public health.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealthcare Transformation with Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
EditorsJohn Mantas, Parisis Gallos, Emmanouil Zoulias, Arie Hasman, Mowafa S. Househ, Martha Charalampidou, Andriana Magdalinou
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages640-643
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781643684000
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jun 2023
Event21st International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2023 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 1 Jul 20233 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume305
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2023
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period1/07/233/07/23

Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Equity
  • Ethical
  • Legal
  • Public Health

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