Research Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
J Nurs Manag. 2022 Nov;30(8):3838-3846. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13769. Epub 2022 Aug 21.
To describe nurse leaders' and digital service developers' perceptions of the future role of artificial intelligence (AI) in specialized medical care.
Use of AI has rapidly increased in health care. However, nurse leaders' and developers' perceptions of AI and its future in specialized medical care remain under-researched.
Descriptive qualitative methodology was applied. Data were collected through six focus groups, and interviews with nurse leaders (n = 20) and digital service developers (n = 10) conducted remotely in 2021 at a university hospital in Finland. The data were subjected to inductive content analysis.
The data yielded 25 sub-categories, 10 categories and three main categories of participants' perceptions. The main categories were designated AI transforming: work, care and services and organizations.
According to our respondents, AI will have a significant future role in specialized medical care, but it will likely reinforce, rather than replace, clinicians or traditional care. They also believe that it may have several positive consequences for clinicians' and leaders' work as well as for organizations and patients.
Nurse leaders should be familiar with the potential of AI, but also aware of risks. Such leaders may provide betters support for development of AI-based health services that improve clinicians' workflows.
描述护理领导者和数字服务开发人员对人工智能（AI）在专科医疗中未来角色的看法。
人工智能在医疗保健中的应用迅速增加。然而，护理领导者和开发人员对人工智能及其在专科医疗中的未来的看法仍有待研究。
采用描述性定性方法。数据通过六个焦点小组收集，2021 年在芬兰一所大学医院远程采访了护理领导者（n=20）和数字服务开发人员（n=10）。对数据进行了归纳内容分析。
数据产生了 25 个子类别、10 个类别和参与者看法的三个主要类别。主要类别为 AI 转型：工作、护理和服务以及组织。
根据我们的受访者，人工智能在专科医疗中将会有重要的未来作用，但它可能会加强而不是取代临床医生或传统护理。他们还认为，它可能会对临床医生和领导者的工作以及组织和患者产生一些积极的影响。
护理领导者应该熟悉人工智能的潜力，但也要意识到风险。这样的领导者可以为基于人工智能的改善临床医生工作流程的健康服务的发展提供更好的支持。
