Advisory Board May 15, 2024
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widespread in healthcare, nurses are pushing for health systems to be more open with how they plan to use the technology and to include nurses in their decision-making processes for new AI tools.
Nurses push for more input on AI use at their organizations
According to Cathy Kennedy, president of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, AI can be useful, but health systems need to get input from nurses before they roll out AI tools to ensure that they don’t negatively impact clinical practice.
Last month, members of the California Nurses Association raised concerns about Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco Medical Center using AI algorithms to help assess patients and set staffing...