Dermatologists must be ‘actively involved’ in AI development to reduce disparities
Source: Healio, March 2025
ORLANDO — AI can transform how dermatologists diagnose skin conditions including melanoma; however, without attention to equitability, specifically in skin of color, it could exacerbate disparities in care, according to a speaker here.
“Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a potential tool that could provide benefits diagnostically in the clinic,” Adewole S. Adamson, MD, MPP, associate professor of dermatology and internal medicine at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, told Healio. “But the problem is, a lot of the algorithms have not been designed on populations that include darker skin types.”
While melanoma is much less prevalent in individuals with skin of color and specifically in darker skin types, it is often diagnosed later and has lower survival rates compared with white patients.