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The Invisible Health Care Professional: Exploring the Intersection of Data, Devices, and Artificial Intelligence

According to Bazzoli, consumers are paying a larger share of their health care costs, which, in turn, leads to higher expectations and greater demand for control.Business migration is something we see in the news almost on a daily basis: the opening of the Apple™ Health Care Clinic for its employees...

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Published in:Nursing education perspectives 2018-07, Vol.39 (4), p.264-265
Main Author: Skiba, Diane J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:According to Bazzoli, consumers are paying a larger share of their health care costs, which, in turn, leads to higher expectations and greater demand for control.Business migration is something we see in the news almost on a daily basis: the opening of the Apple™ Health Care Clinic for its employees, for example (https:// www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/apple-launching-medical-clinics-foremployees.html), and the new partnership between JP Morgan Chase, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway to launch their own health care company (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/technology/ amazon-berkshire-hathaway-jpmorgan-health-care.html).The MOTION project (https://www.uhc.com/ employer/programs-tools/for-employees/unitedhealthcare-motion) provides a monetary incentive to the employee's health savings accounts each day the tracker is used.Patients report their symptoms, which are compared to a knowledge base of illnesses. * Molly is a digital nurse that can help monitor chronic conditions and provide episodic care (www.sensely.com/#about). * Boston Children's Hospital has developed KidsMD™, which provides basic health information and education using Amazon's Alexa technology (https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ 2016-04/bch-bch041116.php). * An example funded by the National Institutes of Health is the AICure app (https://aicure.com/), designed to optimize patient behavior and medication adherence.
ISSN:1536-5026
1943-4685
DOI:10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000371