Medical Economics April 3, 2025
Key Takeaways
- AI is transforming healthcare by automating documentation, billing, and administrative tasks, reducing clinician burden and enhancing patient care.
- AI-driven tools like speech recognition and natural language processing significantly decrease documentation time, offering physicians more time for patient interaction.
- AI solutions in coding and billing, such as those for specialty pharmacy prior authorizations, drastically reduce processing times, improving workflow efficiency.
- Physician burnout is decreasing, partly due to AI’s role in alleviating routine tasks, though human oversight remains crucial for accuracy and effectiveness.
The benefits of artificial intelligence in medicine were discussed during a session at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2025 in New Orleans.
In a presentation Thursday morning, Stephen P. Ma, MD, a medical informatics director...