Perhaps unsurprisingly, recent technological advances are rapidly transforming how we operate in many industries. The healthcare sector in particular has much to gain from these new and exciting technologies.
The use of AI technology in nursing, for instance, can be credited with helping to deliver better, more efficient patient care, and to elicit optimal patient outcomes in medical settings.
So, how do digital technologies, such as AI, help to optimize healthcare? You’ll need to keep reading to learn more.
Virtual Assistance: Digital Health User Interfaces and How They Assist in Medical Treatment
We’ve all been guilty of consulting “Doctor Google” to diagnose the causes of our ailments. Despite this, looking up your symptoms online is usually not the best way to treat an illness. Chances are, the diagnosis will not always be accurate, and the treatment recommendations can be wildly inappropriate. Are you experiencing a migraine? The online trolls will scare you into thinking that this could be the end. Or maybe you have developed an unsightly rash? The internet will have you believe that you’ve been attacked by a deadly flesh-eating virus. The truth is, that seeking medical advice from online voices perhaps not qualified to provide it is not the smartest decision. The internet is not always a credible source, and you certainly can’t believe everything you read online.
This is where AI-powered virtual nursing assistants can prove invaluable when seeking authoritative medical guidance on the Internet. Using AI to attend a digital consultation with a virtual nurse can help to accurately diagnose and assess your symptoms, and prescribe effective, medically-sound, and scientifically-backed treatments.
Predictive Analytics and AI: What’s the Link?
Another important way AI can assist in healthcare is by utilizing predictive analytics to draw on past medical data and pre-empt future patient outcomes. Predictive analytics AI can be used to analyze and evaluate medical situations based on stored historical knowledge. This form of AI, then, can assist with informing clinical decisions. This takes the pressure off medical staff, by providing solutions to common issues that may have already been experienced in the past.
Data-Driven Clinical Decision-Making: AI’s Emerging Role
As well as being utilized in predictive analytics, the role of AI in clinical decision-making also extends to its ability to understand and analyze new information. In this way, AI technology can help sort, review, and draw conclusions based on medical research findings – essentially, converting data into digestible knowledge.
AI and RPM: Monitoring Patients Remotely
Also known as remote patient monitoring, this type of AI technology can help deliver patient care from afar. This allows patients to be treated from the comfort of their own homes, which is ideal for patients experiencing terminal illness, or receiving psychiatric care.
Mobile Digital Devices: How They Support Clinical Mobility
We’ve all been there – you simply can’t be in more than one place at once, even when you need to be. This is especially true for a busy, over-run, and potentially overwhelmed nursing professional. The role of a nurse can be extremely demanding, with many different complex tasks being required of them daily. But instead of running around like a headless chicken from one ward to another, mobile digital devices can help. Coined “clinical mobility”, this type of technology refers to electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and handheld computers. Being able to use this technology on the go, rather than running from computer desk to patient bed, is critical in delivering faster, more efficient care.
The Benefits of Bots: How Mobile Robotic Systems Can Help Deliver Treatment
Unfamiliar with the term mobile robotic systems? Just think of this as a nurse in robot form. To paint the picture, think back to the last time you dined at that high-tech eatery that had those amusing robot waiters diligently delivering loaded dishes to patiently waiting tables. In the same way, a robot nurse, or mobile robotic system, can essentially deliver many of the more simplified duties of a human nurse. That is to say, it can help with administering medications, moving lab samples from one place to another, and even, conducting triage of patients at sign-in.
The important question, though: Do robot nurses need to wear scrubs? The results, as yet, are inconclusive.
