Exploring Patient Participation in AI-Supported Health Care: Qualitative Study
Both external and internal preconceptions influence how patients and medical AI professionals perceive patient participation. Patients often internalize AI's complexity and inevitability as an obstacle to their active participation, leading them to feel they have little influence over its development. While some patients rely on doctors or see AI as something to accept or reject, these strategies risk placing them in a disempowering role as passive recipients of care. Without adequate education on their rights and possibilities, these responses may not be enough to position patients at the center of their care.
Authors
- Giorgia Lorenzini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9155-4724)
- Bernice S. Elger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-7399)
- Michael Rost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-9793)
- Laura Arbelaez Ossa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8303-8789)
- David Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-6927)
- Nathalie Bont
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University Centre of Legal Medicine (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR AI
- Published
- 2025-05-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/50781
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.62
Funders
- Universitätsspital Basel
- National Research Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung