Becker's Healthcare March 14, 2025
Every second counts in a hospital. Especially in Massachusetts, where hospital bed occupancy is near capacity and the risk of bed shortages is the second highest in the nation. Patients have grown accustomed to full emergency departments and anyone who works in health care has seen physicians log hours of “pajama time” to catch up on paperwork after long days in the clinic. With demand for certain procedures outpacing capacity, long waits have become too frequent.
Artificial intelligence is the latest tool to improve hospitals’ operations and patient care, but it is not just for major health systems, nor does it need to be cost-prohibitive. Community hospitals are uniquely positioned to adopt and refine AI technologies quickly and safely, testing...