Study: Hospitals adopting AI fastest saw fewest deaths — statisticians cry foul
zacharynado · x · 2026-08-25
A study claims hospitals that adopted AI fastest saw the fewest deaths in 2026. Statistician @StatsLime sarcastically notes the causal trap in such observational research: AI-adopting hospitals may look better simply because patients divert to other hospitals. A classic critique of selection bias in AI healthcare studies.
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