Computer Perception Establishes Trust Criteria For Healthcare

A 2025 qualitative study published in J Med Internet Res conducted 80 semistructured interviews (20 adolescents, 20 caregivers, 20 clinicians, 20 developers) to assess when computer perception (CP) technologies are deemed trustworthy in health care. Researchers identified five core trust prerequisites—epistemic alignment, demonstrable rigor, explainability, sensitivity to complexity, and a nonsubstitutive role—with epistemic alignment notably driving perceived trust and introducing confirmation-bias risks. The authors recommend institutional validation and clinician training to align trust with actual system capacities.
Key Points
- 1Identifies five trust prerequisites: epistemic alignment, demonstrable rigor, explainability, complexity sensitivity, nonsubstitutive role.
- 2Shows epistemic alignment strongly determines perceived trust, raising confirmation-bias risks in clinical interpretation.
- 3Recommends institutional validation, transparent design, and clinician training to recalibrate trust to actual system capacities.
Scoring Rationale
Robust qualitative evidence across diverse stakeholders supports actionable recommendations, limited by scope to pediatric neuropsychiatric contexts.
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