Wright State nursing professor featured in Dayton Daily News on AI’s impact in health care and education

Yi-Hui Lee is a professor of nursing at Wright State.

Yi-Hui Lee, Ph.D., professor of nursing at Wright State University, was featured in a Dayton Daily News article about the growing role of artificial intelligence in education and health care.

Lee, who spoke on the topic at several national conferences this summer, said AI has the potential to transform nursing education by creating more individualized learning experiences for students. AI tools can track student progress, identify areas of weakness, and provide targeted training opportunities, allowing faculty to focus more on teaching and mentorship.

“In the future, with AI’s help, we can have more personalized learning and personalized diagnoses,” Lee said.

In health care settings, Lee said AI can reduce paperwork and administrative duties through tools like voice transcription, data summarization and telehealth, giving providers more time to focus on direct patient care. Data analysis capabilities can also help clinicians identify issues sooner, improve outcomes, and even ease workforce challenges like nursing shortages and burnout by assisting with scheduling and resource management.

“Health care providers can intercede earlier, make health care predictive instead of reactive,” Lee said.

Still, Lee emphasized that AI has limits and should be viewed as a tool to support, not replace, health care professionals.

“It’s a tool. It’s not to replace us,” Lee said. “Something suggested by AI may not be ethical (to a patient or family).”

Read the full Dayton Daily News article.