As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare, from diagnostic tools to personal health assistants like CompanionDr, ensuring its ethical development and deployment is paramount. Our commitment at CompanionDr is to build and operate our AI systems responsibly, prioritizing user well-being, fairness, and transparency.

Our Guiding Principles for Ethical AI

Beneficence and Non-Maleficence (Do Good, Do No Harm): Our primary goal is to provide helpful, evidence-informed insights that empower users. We strive to minimize any potential risks or harms associated with AI use, such as misinformation or over-reliance.
Fairness and Equity: We are committed to developing AI systems that are as unbiased as possible and accessible to diverse populations. This involves careful attention to training data and ongoing monitoring for potential biases.
Transparency and Explainability: While the inner workings of complex AI can be challenging to fully explain, we aim to be transparent about how CompanionDr functions, its capabilities, and its limitations. We provide information on how our AI analyzes symptoms (see our Knowledgebase).
Accountability: We take responsibility for our AI systems. This includes having processes for addressing errors, gathering user feedback, and continuously improving the system based on evidence and ethical considerations. Human oversight is a key component.
Privacy and Data Security: As detailed in our privacy-focused communications (e.g., Data Privacy and Security), protecting user data is a core tenet. We adhere to robust security measures and privacy-enhancing practices.
Collaboration and Expertise: We believe in collaborating with medical professionals and ethics experts to ensure our AI tools are developed and used in a manner that aligns with best practices in healthcare and AI ethics.

The ethical landscape of AI in healthcare is constantly evolving. CompanionDr is dedicated to ongoing learning, adaptation, and adherence to the highest ethical standards to build and maintain your trust.