Becker's Healthcare December 23, 2024
Molly Gamble

Health systems have spent years emphasizing the need to control costs, especially as reimbursement rates and inflation failed to keep pace with operational demands. In 2025, these cost-containment efforts will persist, and with an added challenge: the expenses of adopting AI tools and the “babysitters” needed to oversee them.

Such is the takeaway of an article from CBS News and KFF Health News, which checks in with numerous health system technology and AI leaders on the labor needs associated with AI investments. Right now it’s a paradox: While AI tools are often touted as the future of efficiency and automation, they currently demand significant human oversight and attention to function properly.

“Everybody thinks that AI will help us with our...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Health System / Hospital, Provider, Technology
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