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The Index

What the evidence says.What the public feels.

Ranks distinct AI gain and problem claims from the published record. Scores reward impact, independent source strength, scale, confidence, and recency.

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AI gains · 788

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A two-layered RxCUI ingredient and ATC framework harmonized 214,080 discharge medication records from older adults into standardized representations, achieving 100% initial mapping via deterministic crosswalks to support transportable managed care AI tools.

Researchers developed and tested an informatics framework to convert heterogeneous discharge medication identifiers from EHRs of adults 65 and older at Buffalo General Medical Center between 2020 and 2024 into standardized RxCUI ingredient and ATC class codes. Of 214,080 records, 53% were nonstandardized Multum IDs requiring string-based reconciliation, and the team measured mapping success and correction needs after deterministic crosswalks and expert validation.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%97

Updated Sep 1, 2026 · TRV-2026-0957

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A Random Forest model using eight routinely available variables predicted subsequent vasopressor need after two fluid boluses in pediatric suspected sepsis with AUROC 0.827 and stratified patients into four tiers with a 6.6% to 63.6% gradient.

Researchers developed a machine-learning risk stratification tool using routine EHR data from five pediatric emergency departments to predict need for vasoactive medication after two-bolus fluid resuscitation in suspected sepsis. Among 341 children meeting analytic criteria, 25.8% received vasopressors, and a Random Forest model achieved AUROC 0.827 and AUPRC 0.661 with four risk tiers.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 31, 2026 · TRV-2026-0934

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A CatBoost model integrating 22 granular nursing and emergency department features collected within the first 24 hours improved early in-hospital mortality prediction for acute ischemic stroke patients, achieving higher discrimination than established ICU scores in both internal and external validation.

Researchers developed and externally validated an interpretable machine learning framework to predict in-hospital mortality in acute ischemic stroke using high-granularity bedside data from the first 24 hours. Using 5,014 patients from three tertiary centers between 2019-2023, the best CatBoost model with 22 features achieved AUC-ROC 0.917 internally and 0.891 externally, outperforming traditional ICU scores.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 28, 2026 · TRV-2026-0919

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-based ICE module created left atrial shell from the right atrium without a pre-ablation mapping catheter and guided pulsed field ablation with 100% acute success and 77.7% paroxysmal and 71.8% non-paroxysmal freedom from arrhythmia at 270 days after blanking.

Researchers tested a no-pre-mapping workflow using the AI-based CARTOSOUND FAM module to build a three-dimensional left atrial shell from intracardiac echocardiography acquired in the right atrium, then used that shell alone to guide pulsed field ablation with a Variable Loop Circular Catheter. In 210 patients, including 76 with concomitant left atrial appendage occlusion, all pulmonary vein isolations were completed with frequent additional posterior wall and superior vena cava lesions.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 27, 2026 · TRV-2026-0902

AI problems · 631

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ProblemHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI tools translating radiology reports into plain language can produce translation errors that compromise comprehension and safety, causing reports to be graded unsafe and warrant withholding from patients.

From February to December 2025, researchers developed a 5-attribute rubric  clarity, content, certainty, tone, verbosity  to grade AI-generated patient-friendly radiology reports, using survey-workshop cycles with 19 participants and testing with ChatGPT-4.1 and Claude-4.0 outputs from public radiology impressions. Evaluation involved six research-team members and 111 additional participants, plus AI evaluation with ChatGPT-5, comparing rubric grades to prespecified reference standards and to subjective decisions about withholding unsafe reports.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-1041

68
ProblemEducation· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

In medical education, the same AI tools may reduce training safety by quietly reshaping how future clinicians think and act, functioning as a wedge that undermines training.

A 2026 peer-reviewed paper analyzes artificial intelligence in medical education, noting that AI is rapidly changing training by offering faster workflows and richer learning resources, while also quietly reshaping how future clinicians think and act.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-1036

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ProblemHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Programming medical robots and AI to appear to have emotions risks creating machine paternalism, where simulated affect influences patients despite machines lacking real emotions.

As of the 2026-10-01 publication, the article describes that in medicine robots and AI machines are used that could be programmed to appear to express positive emotions such as joy, compassion and hope, despite not having emotions.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-1035

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ProblemHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Machine learning models for autism spectrum disorder prediction that use data augmentation and feature selection have limited external validation and inadequate evaluation frameworks, reducing confidence in reported performance improvements and model generalizability.

This peer-reviewed review examined 26 studies from 2021 to 2024 on machine learning and deep learning for autism spectrum disorder prediction, focusing on data augmentation and feature selection methods. It categorized augmentation into conventional transformations and GAN-based synthetic generation, and feature selection into filter, wrapper, and embedded approaches, evaluating study quality with the Prediction Model Risk of Bias Assessment Tool.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-1032

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 9:20 PM