ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD SAVE MORE THAN 30 % OF NURSES ’ WORKING HOURS , WHICH THEY COULD SPEND ON MORE VALUABLE TASKS – MEETING CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDING CARE
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Artificial Intelligence could save more than 30 % of nurses ’ working hours , which they could spend on more valuable tasks – meeting customers and providing care ,” said Senior Scientist , Jouni Kaartinen , from VTT .
Together with Finnish higher education institutions , wellbeing services counties and companies , VTT is developing solutions to reduce the nurses ’ workload by utilising AI . The work is carried out in cooperation with several European countries as part of ITEA ’ s PROFIT project .
Ville Salaspuro , Medical Director of Finnish Mediconsult Oy , believes that using AI-based tools will be an important part of the future work of social welfare and healthcare professionals .
“ These tools will make professionals ’ work more efficient . They will have more time to focus on customers instead of consuming time on information systems . The project provides concrete opportunities to validate the use of AI-based tools in a genuine operational environment ,” said Salaspuro .
Healthcare professionals involved in the development
“ A traditional problem in the healthcare sector has been that nursing professionals
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD SAVE MORE THAN 30 % OF NURSES ’ WORKING HOURS , WHICH THEY COULD SPEND ON MORE VALUABLE TASKS – MEETING CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDING CARE
Senior Scientist , Jouni Kaartinen , from VTT
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