Shadow AI in Swedish Health Care: Qualitative Analysis of Physicians’ Free-Text Answers
Lena Petersson, Luís Irgang, Ingela Mauritzon, Magnus Holmén · 2026
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Lena Petersson, Luís Irgang, Ingela Mauritzon, and Magnus Holmén report in 2026 on Swedish doctors quietly using unauthorized AI tools at work. Formal adoption lags behind the technology, so clinicians reach for general chatbots that never passed medical device checks. Risks to privacy, safety, and legal compliance ride along.
A survey of 357 physicians, with a response rate near two thirds, collected free-text answers on actual use. Four purpose groups emerged: clinical decisions, paperwork, research and learning, plus plain curiosity. Doctors described the tools as a colleague offering a second opinion on diagnoses. The authors read this shadow use through lenses of professional pride and practical pressure.
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| CREATOR | Lena Petersson, Luís Irgang, Ingela Mauritzon, Magnus Holmén |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |