Explainable AI in Medical Decision-Making: Challenges and Opportunities

• Author(s): Hassan Tanveer ; Muhammad Faheem ; Arbaz Haider Khan
• Paper ID: 1703509
• Page: 423-435
• Published Date: 30-06-2022
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 5 Issue 12 June-2022

Abstract

The use of artificial intelligence in medical decision-making has thus far proved beneficial. It has improved diagnostic accuracy, patient monitoring, and treatment planning. The accessibility of AI-driven systems has met with some resistance in health care mainly because of the nontransparent nature of many machine learning models, which are quite commonly dubbed black- box models. One of the intentions of explainable AI has been to enhance the interpretability and transparency of AI-driven decisions so as to form a basis of trust in them with clinicians and patients alike. Unfortunately, various challenges have curtailed the practical use of XAI in medicine, such as trading model accuracy against explainability, conflicting complexities and variability of medical data, lack of common evaluation metrics, and even ethical and regulatory issues. Then again, the active resistance of the medical professions would rather discourage large- scale adoption of this technology based on AI's unreliable clinical representations. The hybrid models for trustworthy AI, the possible design of standardized frameworks for explainability, and the enhanced emphasis on the integration of AI literacy within medical training as a means of increasing trustworthiness and usability of AI-driven health care are bright opportunities for the way forward. Furthermore, regulatory and policy reforms questioning explicability could reinforce XAI's use in the medical decision process. Based on these factors, this research shows that a balancing act is warranted to ensure AI models remain interpretable in real-time and clinically applicable in predefined medical contexts. Future efforts would be directed toward creating human-centered AI models which ensure medicolegal clarity, transparency, accountability, and ethical consideration in medical decision-making, thereby addressing the commonly held belief that AI becomes an element of patient outcomes and clinician trustworthiness.

Keywords

Explainable AI (XAI), Medical Decision-Making, Interpretability, Transparency, Ethical AI, Machine Learning in Healthcare, AI Trust, Regulatory Compliance, Hybrid AI Models.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Hassan Tanveer , Muhammad Faheem , Arbaz Haider Khan "Explainable AI in Medical Decision-Making: Challenges and Opportunities" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 5 Issue 12 2022 Page 423-435

IEEE:
Hassan Tanveer , Muhammad Faheem , Arbaz Haider Khan "Explainable AI in Medical Decision-Making: Challenges and Opportunities" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 5(12)