Medical Economics December 6, 2019
The recent announcement that the Mayo Clinic and Google are partnering to use advanced cloud computing, data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate medical research and treatment generated a lot of enthusiastic healthcare industry buzz. There’s no doubt that digital transformation–a key component of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s convergence of the physical, digital, and biological worlds–will yield great benefit in patient care.
Though it may be less buzz-worthy, machine-based innovation within heath IT promises similarly dramatic change on the business side of healthcare—and the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) industry is well positioned to be one of the first beneficiaries.
ASCs are one of the fastest growing segments of the healthcare system. According to a report by the...