AI in Healthcare April 23, 2024
What starts in California often migrates to the rest of the country. So healthcare leaders around the U.S. might want to take notice of what’s going on in the streets of San Francisco this week.
In that city, a crowd of nurses employed by Kaiser Permanente marched Monday in protest of Kaiser’s embrace of healthcare AI. Organized by the California Nurses Association, the demonstrators waved signs and chanted slogans.
The timing of the action seems purposeful. This week Kaiser is hosting an international audience for a smallish but influential conference, the 2024 Integrated Care Experience. The site of the event—and the protest—is KP’s San Francisco Medical Center.
Is the protesters’ main motivator job security, patient safety or equal parts both?...