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‹ Fri · 24 Jul 2026
Promising but preliminary

The application of artificial intelligence in healthcare practice: A mapping review of systematic reviews.

AI tools that work alongside clinicians—rather than replacing them—show promise for better diagnosis and treatment planning across healthcare.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare practice, with growing evidence supporting its use in diagnosis, prognosis, treatment planning, and operational decision-making. The human-centered AI or augmented intelligence paradigm, integrating computational precision with clinical expertise, holds significant promise but will require parallel advances in governance, regulatory frameworks, an...

What the study was

Study design
Systematic review
Population
patients
Sample size
368
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Artificial intelligence in medicine

Why it surfaced

Score 7/10 [PROMISING_PRELIMINARY]: Systematic review (Journal Article) matched 'AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imagin'. Components — novelty:2/3, relevance:2/3, design:2/2, population:1/2. Confidence: high. Conservative scoring applied per v1.3 rubric.

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