Combatting the Clinician Shortage Through Robotic Process Automation
Managed Healthcare Executive July 20, 2022
As the clinician shortage continues, leaning on technology to streamline inefficiencies is essential.
Healthcare systems contain multiple burdensome tasks and strict regulations that require a substantial amount of resource allocation. This inefficiency can lead to high costs of operations, and slow processes, especially when it comes to credentialing, onboarding and deploying clinician workforces. The pandemic, coupled with an aging population with increasing numbers of people with chronic, long-term conditions, has created a perfect storm to disrupt the healthcare market.
In fact, the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034, which means the supply and demand gap between patients and clinicians is continuing to widen. In an industry that is already facing staffing shortages and supply...