FLARE框架评估医疗AI部署的经济可行性,考虑不确定性与实际流程成本。
FLARE: A Systematic, Uncertainty-Aware Framework for Evidence-Based Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

- 融合模糊逻辑与作业成本法,量化AI开发、运行及流程整合成本。
- 年就诊量达约5000例时,首年即可实现投资回报,临界点约3992例。
- 适合临床管理者、政策制定者评估AI落地时机与优化流程设计。
人工智能在医疗中的应用日益广泛,但多数评估仅关注模型准确率,忽视其在真实临床场景中的经济价值。本文提出FLARE框架,系统性地评估医疗AI部署的财务与运营影响。该框架结合模糊逻辑、基于时间的作业成本法和投资回报分析,估算临床服务成本、AI开发与运维成本,以及流程整合带来的经济效应,同时考虑不确定性。以急性缺血性卒中患者中大血管闭塞的AI辅助检测为例进行案例研究,结果显示:在典型年就诊量约5000例情况下,首年即可实现正向投资回报;临界点约为每年3992例患者。经济收益不仅取决于算法性能,还受患者数量、验证时间、基础设施选择和工作流设计影响。FLARE提供透明、实用的决策支持工具,使不确定性、资源消耗与实施权衡显性化,帮助临床、管理与政策人员判断AI部署的经济可行性,并优化流程以提升价值。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being introduced into healthcare workflows, yet most evaluations emphasize model accuracy rather than whether adoption is economically worthwhile in real clinical settings. This study proposes FLARE, a systematic and uncertainty-aware framework for evaluating the financial and operational implications of adopting AI in healthcare. FLARE combines fuzzy logic, time-driven activity-based costing, and return on investment analysis to estimate the cost of clinical service delivery, the cost of AI development and operation, and the economic consequences of workflow integration under uncertainty. The framework was demonstrated through an early health technology assessment case study of AI-assisted large vessel occlusion detection in the CT stroke pathway for acute ischemic stroke. The case study shows how FLARE can quantify conventional pathway cost, AI-related development and recurring costs, and AI-enabled service savings within a unified activity-based model. Under expected assumptions, the analysis identified a break-even threshold of approximately 3,992 patients per year, with positive first-year return on investment at typical annual stroke volumes of about 5,000 patients. The results further show that economic benefit depends not only on algorithmic performance, but also on patient volume, verification time, infrastructure choices, and workflow design. FLARE provides a transparent and practical decision-support framework for early-stage evaluation of AI adoption in healthcare. By making uncertainty, resource use, and implementation trade-offs explicit, it helps clinicians, administrators, and policymakers determine when AI deployment is economically viable and where operational changes may improve value.
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