Managed Healthcare Executive April 26, 2024
It’s the time of year for bold predictions, and in healthcare, it’s an area where artificial intelligence (AI) is taking center stage, with two out of three healthcare executives speculating that generative AI will be a gamechanger for operational efficiency.
This is a prediction driven as much by the hype surrounding breakthrough technologies like ChatGPT as the need for a solution to healthcare’s labor challenges. As a rapidly aging population drives increased demand for care, there aren’t enough clinicians to deliver care in most regions of the country. Add in the prolonged stress of the pandemic and administrative pressures that contribute to rising rates of burnout and you have a recipe for “probably the worst operating environment I’ve seen in...