Artificial Intelligence or Augmented Intelligence?

Hello All! 

I hope you all have had a restful and enjoyable holiday weekend. The 4th of July weekend brings many memories for me over the years. In the last few years, I have come to really enjoy the month of July. 

July also marks the start of the second half of the year. 

Something that I have seen continue to be a focal discussion point over the last six months has been the potential and/or anticipated use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. 

Artificial Intelligence is already here. You may likely be using it in your daily life and not even realize it. In this week's iCare about Health Tech podcast, Episode 10: Artificial Intelligence or Augmented Intelligence?, I reference the popular driving app, Waze.  

In the episode I provide some examples as to how the insights that app provides while driving influences my decision making abilities more effectively than if I did not have access to that app. 

I am still the driver but I have an augmented experience with the assistance of the app. 

I share how this example can be applied to healthcare and how we can look at our experience as nurses and healthcare professionals in ways that we are identifying opportunities for new information and knowledge that can help us become better caregivers for patients. 

More to come on this topic this month as we will be releasing AI:101, our newest informatics and health IT based program with continuing education credits, later this month. 

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Enjoy the rest of your weekend, 

~Dr. Kelley