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The findings outlined where the technology showed promise and what limitations need to be addressed before AI is unleashed on patients—and may inform the future development of AI tools, clinical procedures and public policy. Graham notes in the study that health system, regulatory and cultural differences like these will ultimately influence how AI is received and used and that models should be trained to account for these variations. The synergy between AI and clinicians' judgment, compassion and application of evidence-based practice has the potential to transform health care systems but only if accompanied by rigorous standards, ethical frameworks and safeguards to monitor for errors and unintended consequences." Graham says that, in addition to improving the performance of AI tools, future research should focus on managing ethical risks and adapting AI to diverse health care contexts to ensure the technology augments rather than undermines human care."