Shadow AI in Swedish Health Care: Qualitative Analysis of Physicians’ Free-Text Answers
Background: The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has outpaced its formal adoption in health care organizations, contributing to the emergence of Shadow AI, defined here as the use of unauthorized AI tools by medical professionals. Under the European Union Medical Device Regulation, AI tools used for clinical purposes must undergo conformity assessment before use; general-purpose tools such as ChatGPT have not done so, rendering their clinical application unauthorized at the regula
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Published: 28 July 2026
Source: JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Healthcare
Retrieved: 29 July 2026
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ethics.ai (28 July 2026), “Shadow AI in Swedish Health Care: Qualitative Analysis of Physicians’ Free-Text Answers,” evidence record 14238, https://ethics.ai/record/14238 (originally published by JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research)).
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