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Nurses Protest "Deeply Troubling" Use of AI in Hospitals


National Nurses United has repeatedly warned about the use of AI in healthcare, saying it put both patients and nurses at risk. Healthcare giants are increasingly integrating it into patient care.

“It is deeply troubling to see Kaiser promote itself as a leader in AI in healthcare, when we know their use of these technologies comes at the expense of patient care, all in service of boosting profits,” Michelle Gutierrez Vo, a co-president of the California Nurses Association (CNA), said in a statement at the time. “Nurses are not against scientific or technological advancement, but we will not accept algorithms replacing the expertise, experience, holistic, and hands-on approach we bring to patient care,” they added. The U.S. National Institutes of Health have implemented multiple programs to make their data “usable with artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.” Even the White House has encouraged the development of AI-based healthcare tools.

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