5 Topic Commentaries

Evaluating the Precision of AI-Generated Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Periodontal Scaling and Root Planing

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  Xiaoxi Yao, PhD

  Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Pragmatic Trials and Evaluation

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  Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic

  However, subsequent evaluations should delve deeper, considering usability, acceptability among end users in everyday practice, and the effect on care delivery and patient outcomes.

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  Barbara Barry, PhD

  Healthcare delivery researcher; Member, AI Bioethics Advisory Council

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  Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic

  Often ethics are seen as a 'nice to have' or [brought in] as triage when an AI system has an unintended negative consequence.

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  Michelle McGowan, PhD

  Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences

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  Mayo Clinic

  it will be incumbent upon physicians to ensure that their judgment is not substituted in ways that could jeopardize patient care and introduce potential liabilities.

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  Shannon Dunlay, MD

  Heart Failure Cardiologist; Associate Medical Director, Kern Center

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  Mayo Clinic

  If this LLM works as intended, it could save providers a lot of time.

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  Denny S. Chao, DMD

  Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor; Co‑Director, Innovative Digital Dentistry Systems

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  UCLA School of Dentistry

  Digital dentistry and AI are evolving extremely quickly, but our responsibility as educators is to determine where these technologies genuinely make care and education better.

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