How artificial intelligence is disrupting the field of medical knowledge and evaluation: a narrative review
Kathrin Cresswell, Robin Williams · 2026
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Cresswell and Williams argued in 2026 that artificial intelligence is changing medical knowledge itself, and that the way such tools are judged must change with it. Most current checks look at technical accuracy, yet a tool's real performance depends on local workflows, patient groups, and settings. Weak checks can miss harms and hide why a tool succeeds in one hospital and fails in another.
Cresswell proposes three linked levels of evaluation. The first looks at implementation, how daily practice changes where the tool lands. The second looks at optimisation, how care pathways shift over longer periods of use. The third looks at scaling, how regional and national bodies coordinate spread. Tying judgement to local context and routine practice, the authors say, would help health systems gain the benefits of these tools while tracking and reducing harms as they arise.
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| CREATOR | Kathrin Cresswell, Robin Williams |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |