‘Nurses Are Essential’ to AI Integration in Healthcare

The adoption of platforms and applications that use artificial intelligence and machine learning continues to expand in healthcare, improving workflow and aiding critical decisions.
By 2026, global spending on AI-powered health technologies is expected to exceed $40 billion, according to a report last year from MarketsandMarkets. The effective implementation of these next-generation technologies depends on many stakeholders, including nurses.
Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., is using AI to relay information from a sepsis risk program to doctors, and the involvement of nurses has been…