AI’s Opportunity in Healthcare: Solving supply and demand
Becker's Healthcare December 19, 2024
The right patient at the right time with the right provider
Healthcare AI today is focused on alleviating administrative burdens, including solving documentation challenges for clinicians and managing revenue cycle complexity for operators. These are important use cases, helping to reduce the $4.5 trillion spent annually on American healthcare. However, they do not address the care delivery moment itself—nor the biggest challenge in healthcare: the supply and demand imbalance.
American healthcare is moving further from economic equilibrium every day. Patient demand is growing more complex, driven by an aging population and rising chronic disease rates. Meanwhile, the clinician shortage continues to deepen, leaving the healthcare system unprepared to meet this growing demand.
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