healthcare.digital April 3, 2025
Exec Summary
Agentic AI nurses, AI systems that don’t just assist but act independently with decision-making power, tilt the scale more toward hype than hope, at least for now. The concept is enticing: an AI that can autonomously diagnose, prescribe, and manage patient care without constant human oversight. Imagine a rural clinic with no staff, just an agentic AI nurse keeping things humming. The hope is rooted in efficiency and scale, healthcare could reach underserved areas, and with nurse burnout rates hitting 62% in some regions last year, an tireless AI could pick up serious slack.
The reality, though? We’re not there yet. Agentic AI needs to reason, adapt, and handle uncertainty at a human...
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