Algorithmic Deservingness: Accountability and Oversight in AI‐Mediated Access to Healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly presented as a transformative technology for healthcare.It is promoted as a means of improving prediction, efficiency, resource allocation, diagnostic support, clinical decision-making and performance evaluation.These ambitions are understandable.Healthcare systems are under pressure from rising demand, workforce shortages, administrative complexity, diagnostic delay and persistent inequities in access to care.