Artificial Intelligence or also known as AI the outcome of the continuous development in
technology. Artificial Intelligence is applied in many industries, including the healthcare system
which has the goal to have an accurate and relevant in providing care and improve quality care.
However, this development in healthcare can be a new concept that healthcare providers must
adapt, especially nurses who are bedside of the patient every time. In one study regarding the
usage of Artificial Intelligence in the clinical practice, it was revealed that Artificial Intelligence
has mostly been used in healthcare settings to guide patient care, administration, and education.
Additionally, it was discovered that the healthcare area benefits from the application of artificial
intelligence, including Artificial Intelligence algorithms. However, the study also revealed risks
and limits, including low-quality datasets that could introduce bias, the requirement for clinical
interpretation of AI-based outcomes, challenges with privacy and trust, and a lack of Artificial
Intelligence competence among the professions (O'Connor, S., et al., 2023). Artificial
Intelligence (AI) is the theory and development of computer systems that can do tasks like
speech recognition, visual perception, decision making, and language translation that normally
need human intelligence. In simple terms, machine intelligence is the capacity of a machine to
mimic intelligent human behavior. It is a catch-all word covering technology related to natural
language processing, computer vision, and machine learning. Applications can gain intelligence
by utilizing any of these alone or in combination. Artificial Intelligence is already used in the
medical field. It can be applied to operational enhancements, patient engagement, illness
management, and clinical decision support. (McGrow K., 2019). According to Robert N. (2019),
the first Artificial Intelligence that was applied in the medical field is the Rothman Index scores.
This Rothman Index scores was applied in the medical health record in which it is a disease-
severity indicator integrated into the electronic health record. This technology was helpful and
beneficial with healthcare providers, especially nurses in assessing and monitoring their patient.
The Rothman Index scores provides nurses an overview regarding the patient health,
improvement, and current health status. However, there was doubt regarding the validity and
reliability of the Rothman Index score to produce useful results when it was first introduced.
Initially, nurses and other healthcare professionals were not convinced by the technology as there
was no enough available of peer-reviewed research that suggest the outcomes would improve
patient care. Nevertheless, it is amazing that recent research indicates that nursing evaluation
data significantly impacts Rothman Index performance, indicating that nurses have an immense
ability to influence patient care. On the other hand, Artificial Intelligence is not a new concept in
healthcare, particularly for children in hospitals. We all know that children or pediatric patients
have the most vulnerable to have anxiety and experience stress during hospitalization due to their
poor ability to adjust and cope with this situation. In relation with this, one study shows how
Artificial Intelligence may help children in stressful situations by using social robots (SR) to
relieve their stress during hospitalization. Three types of treatments were randomly assigned to
54 children, which are, interactions with a teddy bear SR; an avatar bear on a tablet, and a plush
teddy bear with a human presence. The findings showed that children who engaged with the
social robots reported benefits greater than those of the other interventions (Logan, D. E., et al.,
2019).
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