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INNOVATIVE INFORMATICS TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Transforming Nursing
Read a selection of your colleagues’ blog posts and respond to two of your colleagues by expanding upon their responses or sharing additional or alternative perspectives.
INNOVATIVE INFORMATICS TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
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Collapse SubdiscussionChinyere M Ofoegbu
PEER #1
Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Informatics Tools and Applications to Clinical Practice
Chinyere Ofoegbu
Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Informatics Tools and Applications to Clinical Practice
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare by offering exceptional opportunities for innovation and improvement. It helps in personalized treatments and diagnostics support; it also shapes the landscape of medical practice. Therefore, it is imperative to explore the application of AI in healthcare by focusing on its role in lifestyle intervention for managing high blood pressure. Effective utilization of AI in healthcare by healthcare providers enables them to develop customized interventions, leading to better outcomes for patients with hypertension. Currently, AI is applied in treatment optimization, and the future of AI algorithms will help nurses analyze patient data more efficiently.
How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Applied In Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into various aspects of healthcare, including the management of hypertension. It offers transformative solutions to complex challenges experienced in complex healthcare systems (Tsoi et al., 2021). For example, AI is applied in patient monitoring, risk assessment, and treatment optimization in hypertension management. The AI algorithms examine a considerable amount of patient data to help identify patterns and predict individualized responses to lifestyle interventions. Additionally, wearable devices have AI embedded to continuously monitor blood pressure and provide real-time feedback and alerts for potential complications. In decision-making, AI-powered virtual assistants assist healthcare providers in offering evidence-based recommendations (Tsoi et al., 2021). That streamlines workflow processes within healthcare settings. Integrating AI with machine learning algorithms ensures it continuously evolves and adapts to new information. Increasing its predictive accuracy and clinical efficacy over time. Therefore, AI has vast potential to modernize hypertension management by permitting precision medicine approaches. Thus enabling more proactive and personalized interventions.
How Do You Think This Innovation Will Impact the Future of Your Practice?
Incorporating AI in hypertension management will likely impact the future of nursing practice considerably. Nurses can deliver more personalized, patient-centered care using AI technologies and powered tools (Kitt et al., 2019). Such care is tailored to individual needs and preferences. Additionally, AI algorithms can analyze patient data more efficiently, identify trends, and anticipate potential complications. Allowing for positive intervention strategies.
Similarly, AI technologies have virtual assistance that helps streamline administrative tasks, allowing nurses more time to concentrate on direct patient care and education (Kitt et al. 2019). The interdisciplinary team can access real-time data and insights, promoting more integrated and coordinated care delivery. The adoption and utilization of AI in primary care enhances efficiency. Additionally, it improves patient outcomes and improves the quality of hypertension management care.
Conclusion
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is part of technological advancements revolutionizing healthcare. It offers innovative solutions to enhance patient outcomes and improve clinical practice. Within hypertension management, AI-powered tools enable more personalized interventions, effective monitoring, and streamlined care delivery. By utilizing the potential of AI, healthcare providers can optimize lifestyle interventions for managing high blood pressure, ultimately resulting in better outcomes for patients suffering from hypertension. Therefore, embracing AI by healthcare providers is valuable to clinical practice. It promises to transform healthcare delivery and advance the quality of care in hypertension management.
References
Tsoi, K., Yiu, K., Lee, H., Cheng, H. M., Wang, T. D., Tay, J. C., & HOPE Asia Network. (2021). Applications of artificial intelligence for hypertension management.
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension,
23(3), 568-574.
Kitt, J., Fox, R., Tucker, K. L., & McManus, R. J. (2019). New approaches in hypertension management: A review of current and developing technologies and their potential impact on hypertension care.
Current Hypertension Reports
21, 1-8.
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Collapse SubdiscussionSolomon Soroibe Okwueze
PEER #2
The emergence of new technologies and tools in healthcare has significantly improved patient care, increased efficiency, and enhanced care outcomes. Some noteworthy technology and healthcare tools include telehealth, artificial intelligence (AI), Genomic medicine, and remote patient monitoring. These new technology and tools will undoubtedly shape nursing practice. Robert (2019) found that between 8% and 16% of nursing time is spent on non-nursing activities and tasks that should be delegated to others. As such, the innovations may minimize the time spent on these non-nursing activities and functions to strengthen patient care further. Researchers have earned millions in grants over the last decade, researching and developing AI and robotic innovations to improve healthcare and nursing practice. This blog will discuss how robotics technology has been applied in my practice or my patients’ lives. It will also comment on how this innovation will impact the future of my practice.
Chosen topic
My topic of choice is artificial intelligence (AI). The use of AI tools and technologies in healthcare has been expanding recently. The use of artificial intelligence technologies helps to manage various aspects of healthcare delivery, including diagnosis, treatment, and handling administrative tasks (Bajwa et al., 2021).
Application of this technology in practice or in the lives of patients
Artificial Intelligence technology has been used in my practice to analyze patient data and identify patients who are at risk of developing chronic conditions (Bajwa et al., 2021). AI uses patients’ medical history, lifestyle factors, and genetic predisposition to predict the likelihood of developing diabetes and heart disease. AI technology has also been applied in my practice to develop personalized treatment plans and reduce adverse drug events (Bohr & Memarzadeh, 2020). AI helps healthcare providers develop treatment plans based on patients’ preferences, needs, and values. AI technology has also been applied in my practice to facilitate remote monitoring of vital signs, including blood pressure and heart rate (Bohr & Memarzadeh, 2020).
Furthermore, the unique role of AI in medication management in my facility cannot be ignored (Bajwa et al., 2021). AI tools help remind patients to take the correct dosage of the right medication at the right time. Additionally, AI virtual assistants are used in my facility to provide patients with answers to medical questions and personalized medical information (Bajwa et al., 2021). More so, AI has significantly assisted my healthcare practice in performing administrative tasks such as billing and appointment scheduling. AI technology has been significantly helpful in providing healthcare professionals with evidence-based recommendations on best practices (Bajwa et al., 2021). It informs them about the likely diagnosis, the best available treatment options, and associated side effects.
Impact of the chosen technology on future practice
Artificial intelligence innovation will impact the future of my practice in several ways. For instance, the use of AI will lead to timely detection of disease and implementation of preventive care to improve population health (Bajwa et al., 2021). Also, using AI will ensure that my practice offers patient-specific care tailored to the patient’s needs, preferences, and values. Additionally, the use of AI will impact the future of my practice by ensuring that more patients have access to care through remote monitoring and timely intervention (Aung et al., 2021). Moreover, using AI tools will help my healthcare practice make evidence-based decisions on various aspects of care, including diagnostic tests, treatment options, and quality improvement initiatives (Aung et al., 2021). By assisting in administrative tasks, the continued use of AI will help my practice focus more on patient care rather than paperwork in the future. Shortly, AI will be used in my practice to assist healthcare providers in performing surgeries with greater precision, reduce the risk of complications, and shorten recovery times (Aung et al., 2021).
Reference
Aung, Y. Y. M., Wong, D. C. S., & Ting, D. S. W. (2021). The promise of artificial intelligence: a review of the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
British medical bulletin,
139(1), 4–15.
to an external site.
Bajwa, J., Munir, U., Nori, A., & Williams, B. (2021). Artificial intelligence in healthcare: transforming the practice of medicine.
Future healthcare journal,
8(2), e188–e194.
to an external site.
Bohr, A., & Memarzadeh, K. (2020). The rise of artificial intelligence in healthcare applications.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, 25–60.
to an external site.
Robert, N. (2019). How artificial intelligence is changing nursing.
Nursing Management, 50(9), 30–39. doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000578988.
