Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2024
Cleveland Clinic President and CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, said the health system will be using AI to help cope with the global shortage of healthcare workers, Cleveland.com reported Jan. 24.
According to Dr. Mihaljevic, there are approximately 1 million vacant nursing positions in the U.S., with only 100,000 new nurses graduating each year.
“The gap is so wide that we will have to get used to living with a workforce shortage in healthcare for many years to come,” he said during Cleveland Clinic’s annual state of the clinic address on Jan. 24. “We’re very excited about our ability to use artificial intelligence to run our own business smarter, better in a more efficient way.”
Cleveland Clinic has already initiated...