Reassessing the evidence linking clinical leadership to AI deployment outcomes.
Bair H · 2026 · NPJ digital medicine
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Abstract (excerpt)
Li et al. report that clinician last authorship is associated with greater "impact" in AI deployment trials. This commentary argues that current evidence is insufficient to attribute this to clinical leadership per se. Concerns include…
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Metadata source: Europe PMC · DOI 10.1038/s41746-026-02911-z