McKnight’s Senior Living June 21, 2024
Artificial intelligence can be used for predictive analytics, scheduling and anticipating workforce needs and automating tasks such as intake — and, increasingly, those uses are coming to the long-term care market.
“AI has a great deal of potential to positively impact our healthcare system,” said Allison Rainey, head of nursing and clinical informatics at MatrixCare.
For example, allowing staffing coordinators to align staffing models with resident needs already is yielding improved care and clinician satisfaction, she added. In her view, the most meaningful solutions have the potential to boost healthcare worker and resident satisfaction and support quality outcomes and overall operations.
In the best-use case, providers can use AI to help free up the time workers spend on administrative...