Healthcare IT News August 1, 2024
If artificial intelligence can do good for struggling patients and help them avoid crippling medical debt, half of the Americans said they are in.
A national consumer survey of 2,000 Americans found that 75% of respondents say they’re “very” worried about the financial impact of a health emergency. But 48% were optimistic about healthcare AI’s potential to improve healthcare’s accuracy, efficiency and outcomes.
WHY IT MATTERS
Americans are “quickly waking up to the potential of AI to transform healthcare, with 48% of people already identifying themselves as optimistic about AI-driven outcomes,” Max Votek, cofounder of Customertimes, the digital consultancy that sponsored the survey, in a statement.
One in four of those polled believe AI will make treatment cheaper, the survey...