RCOph Sets out Position on AI

RCOph Sets out Position on AI

It sets out how ophthalmology, will focus on image analysis, and how it is poised to benefit from AI through improved diagnostic accuracy, personalised treatment plans, and access to care.

Key Messages

With potential for strengthening patient care, streamlining processes and advancing research, delivery in the UK.

• We believe that AI tools should be adopted via an iterative process, with ophthalmology services conducting regular audits, quality assurance and inclusive patient engagement to ensure safe, equitable and effective implementation.

• Enhanced digital integration, adequate workforce capacity and robust governance frameworks are needed to facilitate such efforts, and clinicians must remain central to patient care, with AIenabled tools supplementing – not replacing – their expertise and judgement.

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