Healthcare IT News April 30, 2024
Andrea Fox

The California Nurses Association recently organized a San Francisco protest aimed at Kaiser Permanente, saying its use of artificial intelligence in patient care is a dangerous shortcut. One new report offers perspective that could build nurses’ trust.

While some nurses recognize the potential of artificial intelligence to minimize documentation burden and improve patient monitoring – and see a future with broader AI-enabled nursing – others are concerned about AI replacing empathetic human assessment of patients, cutting nursing jobs, risking protected patient data to compromise and more.

In this spirit, the California Nurses Association organized a protest against Kaiser Permanente’s use of artificial intelligence on April 22 at San Francisco Medical Center in Oakland, accusing the health system – and the...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Health System / Hospital, Nursing, Provider, Technology
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