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Read More: Using AI Made Doctors Less Skilled at Spotting Cancer That shift to integrating AI or non-physician clinicians into the ER is not inherently bad, but it is often invisible to patients. And that’s the problem. Patients deserve to know when their care is guided by AI, who is ultimately responsible for the decisions being made, and what safeguards exist when the “doctor in the room” might be an algorithm. Transparency won’t stop the march of technology, but it may help preserve something medicine can’t afford to lose: trust.