This week, a Tennessee hospital learned a difficult lesson about artificial intelligence.
The lesson wasn’t that AI doesn’t work.
The lesson was that detection is not prevention.
According to a Tennessee Board of Nursing disciplinary order, a certified registered nurse anesthetist diverted fentanyl intended for disposal over a period of months while an AI-powered diversion monitoring system failed to identify multiple warning signs. The discrepancies were ultimately discovered through manual review, chart audits, and observations from coworkers who became concerned about the clinician’s behavior.
Most readers focused on the technology.
I focused on something else.
The fentanyl was still there. Read More >
