The Cognitive Transaction: Toward a Human Factors Research Agenda for AI in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Sheena Warner, Christopher H Stucky, Tamara Haegerich, Young J Yauger, David Kaufman · 2026
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Warner and colleagues present a paper from twenty twenty-six on the human side of AI in anesthesia care. AI tools now help with risk scoring and outcome prediction in operating rooms. Research has favored model performance and hospital rollout over the live decision moment. The authors name that moment the cognitive transaction. It is the instant a provider must act on an AI output mid-case. Operating rooms add time pressure, high load, and fast-unfolding stakes. Those traits set the setting apart from calmer clinics.
Failure modes like misplaced trust and automation bias are structural, they argue. They set four research priorities for the field. Those cover disagreement handling, trust over time, interface design, and realistic study setups. The agenda treats provider-AI interaction as a research object itself.
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| CREATOR | Sheena Warner, Christopher H Stucky, Tamara Haegerich, Young J Yauger, David Kaufman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |