OT and AI

Is AI going to replace occupational therapy?

There’s no doubt that this technology will transform healthcare. It will surely accelerate the existing move toward healthcare taking place at home.

To help us wrap our minds around this transformation, we review an article that explores three technologies:

• Artificial intelligence

• Blockchain

• Wearables

The article explores how the above technologies are being used in chronic disease management. The authors also introduce a patient-centered management framework based on AI. They close out the article by discussing the potential shortcomings of this new paradigm.

After we review the article, we’ll host a guest whose career demonstrates OTs’ involvement in this transformation of healthcare. Sarah Brzeszkiewicz, OTR/L is the clinical advisor at Sensi.ai, where she’s helping to pioneer AI’s role in home care. She and I will discuss the implications of this research, including how AI is best seen as a tool and an opportunity…rather than a threat.

1. You will be able identify possibilities for how OTs can begin incorporating data from wearables into treatment.

2. You will be able to recognize how AI may be utilized to support assessment by occupational therapists.

• Intro

• Breakdown and analysis of journal article

  • OT and AI Intro

  • OT Potential Podcast Intro

  • Challenges of Chronic Disease Management

  • AI, Blockchain, and Wearables for Chronic Disease Management

  • Practical Applications

  • Ethical risks

• Discussion on practical implications for OTs (with Sarah Brzeszkiewicz)

  1. How Sarah found OT

  2. Becoming a Clinical Advisor at an AI Company

  3. How Her Company Uses AI & How Sarah Uses her OT Skillset

  4. Article Takeaways

  5. Benefits of this New AI Paradigm

  6. Challenges in this New AI-powered Paradigm

  7. Opportunities for OTs in AI

  8. First Steps for OTs to Get Involved in AI

  9. How We Need to Change as a Profession

  10. Final Thoughts

Primary

• Integration of artificial intelligence, Blockchain, and wearable technology for Chronic Disease Management: A new paradigm in smart healthcare

Additional

• The role of Artificial Intelligence in future rehabilitation services: A systematic literature review

• Deep learning for neuroimaging-based diagnosis and rehabilitation of autism spectrum disorder: A Review

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Speaker interests: Sarah Brzeszkiewicz is Clinical Advisor at Sensi.AI, a health technology company using AI in home care.