Becker's Healthcare July 1, 2025
In today’s healthcare environment, community hospital leaders face mounting pressure to do more with less—optimize revenue, improve quality, and retain a shrinking workforce. Against this backdrop, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool in medical coding, promising speed, accuracy, and efficiency. But the real opportunity isn’t just about automation—it’s about building trust in a hybrid approach that blends human judgment with machine intelligence.
At smaller hospitals, where coding teams are lean and resources limited, AI can be a lifeline. Yet it’s critical that executives understand how to adopt these tools responsibly and strategically. Without proper oversight and transparency, even the most advanced solutions can compromise compliance, create inefficiencies, or introduce unintended bias.
Trust Is the Real Differentiator
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