HIT Consultant September 19, 2022
Make way for the age of software-defined healthcare.
Amid a growing shortage of doctors and nurses, hospitals around the world are increasingly turning to AI to improve the quality of care in the face of an aging population. One major undertaking across the healthcare industry is to deliver AI-driven solutions that can improve surgical care – a tall order.
According to the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, in the US alone, individuals can expect to undergo, on average, seven surgical operations over their lifetimes.
Robotics, used here as an umbrella term for computational and AI solutions, could speed up surgery, reduce complications, and decrease 30-day mortality among other benefits. This not only translates into savings for the hospital,...