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Healthcare

In: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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  • Narges Kia

    (RMIT University)

  • Jillian Cavanagh

    (RMIT University)

  • Hannah Meacham

    (RMIT University)

  • Beni Halvorsen

    (RMIT University)

  • Patricia Pariona Cabrera

    (RMIT University)

  • Timothy Bartram

    (RMIT University)

Abstract

The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown dramatically across various industries around the world, especially in the healthcare sector where AI supports patients, nurses, and doctors to complete tasks with greater precision, speed and safety. Although countries such as the USA and China are the most advanced in their use of AI, interest in AI use has grown in Australia, especially in healthcare facilities such as nursing homes and hospitals. Despite predictions of AI related job losses across the Australian economy, we argue that within the Australian healthcare sector the picture is much more complex, and that AI may create more jobs overall and enable clinicians and health care organisations to more efficiently and effectively support the needs of patients and communities in the future. That said, the growth of AI is not without its challenges and negative effects on clinicians, healthcare organisations and patients, especially where it is not managed ethically or strategically by healthcare organisations. This chapter focusses on the significance of AI in the Australia healthcare system and its impact on the work organisation and employment of the healthcare workforce.

Suggested Citation

  • Narges Kia & Jillian Cavanagh & Hannah Meacham & Beni Halvorsen & Patricia Pariona Cabrera & Timothy Bartram, 2021. "Healthcare," Springer Books, in: Alan Nankervis & Julia Connell & Alan Montague & John Burgess (ed.), The Fourth Industrial Revolution, chapter 0, pages 183-195, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-1614-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1614-3_11
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