VentureBeat April 7, 2020
UiPath today announced that it will begin offering health care organizations free robotic process automation (RPA) solutions to perform some of the more time-consuming, monotonous tasks normally undertaken by frontline workers. It also says that it will make available its Automation Hub product, a cloud-based system that prioritizes and tracks RPA workflows, to current and prospective enterprise customers at no cost for one year.
RPA — configurable software that emulates the actions of humans interacting with digital systems — from UiPath and others could bolster efficiency in health systems overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a McKinsey survey, in about 60% of occupations, at least one-third of activities could be automated. Moreover, 40% of workers say they spend at...