Becker's Healthcare May 16, 2024
Nurses around the country continue to raise their concerns about artificial intelligence use in healthcare, with the country’s biggest nursing union calling for a pause on the technology.
Hundreds of nurses protested AI April 22 in front of a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Francisco, while nearly 100 gathered April 27 in Nashville, Tenn., in part to bargain for the “responsible implementation” of AI at Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest health system.
National Nurses United released the results of a survey of over 2,300 registered nurses and union members May 15 that found 60% didn’t trust their employers to implement AI with a focus on patient safety.
“The survey and reports from nurses across the country demonstrate that we...