AI is being tested and used in healthcare for everything from admin tasks like scheduling, communication, and patient and resource management, to more core medical and care tasks such as research, diagnosis, and treatment.

The use of AI in healthcare, especially for core medical tasks, poses a lot of risks. AI tools reinforce the discriminatory biases baked into the healthcare system. These technologies expand the opportunity for medical surveillance. And these tools can track and expose medical conditions and procedures that are under political attack and increasingly criminalized such as pregnancy, abortion, or gender-affirming care, putting patients in danger.

Healthcare professionals have extensive training to prepare them for caring for patients. It is misguided to think that these skills and the nuance of human care can be replaced by AI. Healthcare workers have spoken out about how workplace AI surveillance is compromising patient care.

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