HealthLeaders Media September 11, 2024
While many say the technology will help clinicians improve care, the workforce shortage and other pressures may prompt healthcare leaders to use AI when they can’t find or afford providers. And consumers may even prefer that.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Health systems and hospitals are under increasing pressure to make ends meet while dealing with a growing workforce shortage and patient demands for better access to care.
– There may come a time when healthcare leaders have to choose between AI and hiring staff or shutting down because they can’t find the doctors and nurses they need.
– A new survey finds that almost 40% of consumers say AI will eventually replace physicians, and many are OK with that if it...