Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health Research, and the Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Abstract

In this age of digital technology, many new and exciting opportunities exist for nurses to become involved in research using digital interventions and digital outcome measures. Artificial intelligence and wearable sensors are enhancing our ability to capture data in real time and use it to assess the impact of our actions and interventions on patients. Because the clinical nurse specialist is most often the resource for nurses interested in research projects, it is important that they become versed in these new interventions and new ways of collecting data. The purpose of this article is to explore how digital technology can be used to improve recruitment and retention of subjects in clinical trials and how it can be used to enhance data capture, providing a better and more complete picture of the results of our interventions. Finally, the benefits and limitations of the use of digital health resources in research will be discussed.