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Ethical AI in Healthcare

Every Friday: the AI conversation, from a working clinician’s seat.

AI is entering ICU workflow rapidly — algorithmic triage, decision support, autonomous documentation, predictive deterioration scores. Clinicians who understand how these tools work, and how they fail, will lead this transition responsibly. Every Friday is free, because the conversation matters too much to gate.

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What This Track Covers

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Algorithmic triage & bias
Clinical decision support governance
Predictive deterioration models
AI in respiratory care & ventilation
Equity in healthcare algorithms
Regulatory frameworks (FDA, EU AI Act)
When to trust the model, when to override

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September 4, 2026

Eighty-Six Percent of System Hospitals Use Predictive AI. Thirty-Seven Percent of Independent Ones Do. There Is Now a Published Term for the Hospitals Left Out.

A 2026 analysis of 2,720 US hospitals mapped clinical AI adoption geographically and named what it found: AI deserts, meaning non-adopting hospitals more than fifty miles from the nearest hospital…

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Friday · Ethical AI in Healthcare

August 28, 2026

People Rate AI as More Compassionate Than Expert Crisis Responders. Given the Choice, They Still Pick a Human. Both Findings Are Real.

Four studies published in January found what the researchers call the AI empathy choice paradox: participants preferred to receive empathy from humans, and rated the AI responses as higher quality,…

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A Note from the Founder

Why Fridays are free.

Healthcare AI will affect every clinician, regardless of subscription. The asymmetry of who shapes these tools and who is shaped by them must be closed. Fridays are ICCN’s contribution: rigorous, accessible, and free to everyone in the conversation.

— Javier Amador-Castaneda, BHS, RRT, FCCM, PNAP

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