AI may Help Improve Equity in Pain Treatment, MGB Study Shows

Looking to artificial intelligence to help address the undertreatment of pain in certain patient groups, researchers at Mass General Brigham tested whether large language models could improve race-based disparities in pain perception and prescribing.The LLMs displayed no racial or gender discrimination and could be a helpful pain management tool that ensures equitable treatment across patient groups, MGB researchers said in an announcement Monday."We believe that our study adds key data showing how AI has the ability to reduce bias and improve health equity," said Dr. Marc Succi, strategic innovation leader at Mass General Brigham Innovation and a corresponding author of the study, in a statement.