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Artificial Intelligence…or AI is holding sway over more of our lives. That has gotten the attention of Representative Amy Murri Briel. Briel has introduced a bill that will limit the use of AI when determining a patient’s priority in a hospital emergency room. 

Briel’s House Bill 4233 seeks to address the rapid adoption of AI in healthcare by limiting hospital emergency departments from using “health care kiosks” or digital check-ins to determine a patient’s place in line for emergency treatment. 

The Ottawa Democrat’s initative was influenced by OSF Healthcare’s recently released plans to integrate AI to predict patient diagnoses and treatments through gathering diverse data. Her bill ensures a patient’s intake priority is reviewed and assessed by medical professionals, and specifies that health care kiosks may only be used to identify patient contact information and replace paper billing.