Using artificial intelligence to improve healthcare delivery in select allied health disciplines: a scoping review protocol.

Journal: BMJ open
PMID: 40107682

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Methods to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare clinical practice remain unclear. The potential for rapid integration of AI-enabled technologies across healthcare settings coupled with the growing digital divide in the health sector highlights the need to examine AI use by health professionals, especially in allied health disciplines with emerging AI use such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, podiatry and dietetics. This protocol details the methodology for a scoping review on the use of AI-enabled technology in sectors of the allied health workforce. The research question is 'How is AI used by sectors of the allied health workforce to improve patient safety, quality of care and outcomes, and what is the quality of evidence supporting this use?'

Authors

  • Kalpana Raghunathan
    School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Meg E Morris
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia m.morris@latrobe.edu.au.
  • Tafheem A Wani
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Kristina Edvardsson
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Casey Peiris
    Academic and Research Collaborative in Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Sally Fowler-Davis
    Health, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, East of England, UK.
  • Jonathan P McKercher
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Sharon Bourke
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Saadia Danish
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Jacqueline Johnston
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Nompilo Moyo
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Julia Gilmartin-Thomas
    Academic and Research Collaborative in Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Hazel Wei Fen Heng
    Allied Health, Northern Hospital Epping, Epping, Victoria, Australia.
  • Ken Ho
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
  • Joanne Joyce-McCoach
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Claire Thwaites
    Care Economy Research Institute, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.

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