Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
‘Let’s work alongside it’: healthcare professionals’ perspectives of generative AI in supporting care at home in paediatric rheumatology
Originally published 2026-10-19 · EULAR Rheumatology Open
Elsevier · DOI 10.1016/j.ero.2026.100258 ↗
AI / system type
Hypothetical generative AI/LLM care-guidance designs
Family implicationsDesign, ethics, stakeholder or technical evidence with child/family implications; household benefits are not assumed.
The AI connection
Focus groups considered future GenAI support for hands-on care in childhood rheumatological conditions.
Why this reading matters
Useful for negotiating realistic expectations about a family-facing AI tool before it is built or adopted.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
Which parts of my child’s home-care plan could AI explain, and which need the team?
Professionals saw greater promise in guidance than in clinical interpretation, while insisting on safety-netting and evaluation. The interviews clarify which home-care responsibilities clinicians would consider delegating and which require caution.
Study context
Thirty-seven multidisciplinary professionals from fourteen UK hospitals discussed hypothetical injection, flare-assessment, and physiotherapy AI scenarios.
Age / stage: Pediatric rheumatology care at home; no child or parent participants
Read with three questions
- How did views differ between procedural guidance and clinical assessment?
- What safety-netting would make a family-facing tool accountable?
- How might caregivers’ experiences challenge these professional expectations?
Keep the limits in view
The scenarios were hypothetical, and the paper states these hands-on GenAI tools were not approved or readily available. The mostly White, female, nursing-heavy sample did not measure parent use, performance, adherence, or clinical outcomes.
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Klaudia H Kupiec; Sabina Sweet; Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne; Polly Livermore (2026). ‘Let’s work alongside it’: healthcare professionals’ perspectives of generative AI in supporting care at home in paediatric rheumatology EULAR Rheumatology Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ero.2026.100258
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