HealthsystemCIO.com February 12, 2025
The integration of AI into healthcare practices has seen a significant surge, with physician adoption rates nearly doubling from 2023 to 2024. According to a recent survey by the American Medical Association (AMA), 66% of physicians now utilize AI in some capacity, up from 38% the previous year. This rapid increase reveals a growing optimism about AI’s potential to enhance patient care and streamline administrative tasks, even as concerns about oversight, integration, and liability persist.
The AMA’s survey highlights a major shift in AI utilization among physicians. The proportion of non-users has decreased from 62% to 33% within a year, indicating an unusually swift adoption rate for healthcare technology. Notably, AI applications in documentation automation, such as creating discharge summaries...