Skilled Nursing News June 7, 2024
Amy Stulick

As nursing homes take up artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology advances as part of operations, it’s crucial to not only involve nurses in its implementation, but to bring to their attention AI’s limitations.

Besides the fact that minimizing nurse involvement in such decisions can give rise to general distrust among clinical staff as well as resistance from nurse associations and workers’ unions, experts say it makes practical sense to get nurses on board with AI.

About a third of what doctors and nurses do in nursing homes can be done with AI, said Tom Lawry, managing director of Second Century Tech. This includes a lot of the repetitive activities often tied to administrative duties. In terms of a value...

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