Challenges and Limitations of Human Oversight in Ethical Artificial Intelligence Implementation in Health Care: Balancing Digital Literacy and Professional Strain

Synopsis

Ethnographic roundtable analysis (121 clinicians + 35 ethicists/engineers, EU-funded 5-year Health-AI project) showing responsibility for algorithmic decisions is unevenly distributed and oversight degrades when clinicians lack digital literacy.

Keywords

·human oversight ·healthcare ·digital literacy ·ethnography ·professional strain

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