Accelerating Healthcare With AI: Reducing Administrative Burdens

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technology into healthcare is critical to address the widening gap between patient needs and the availability of healthcare professionals. The growing prevalence of chronic diseases, an aging population and an increasing utilization of healthcare resources is unserviceable by traditional methods of care delivery.Overburdened healthcare workers are preoccupied with routine administrative duties that detract from direct patient care. AI holds immense promise in alleviating this stress on the healthcare system. By streamlining and automating administrative tasks, AI can reduce human error, improve operational efficiency and allow healthcare providers to focus on direct patient care.

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AI-enabled patient engagement tools, like AI-powered chatbots, can offload routine patient inquiries and provide patient education and support. In a study evaluating the efficacy of patient engagement solutions, they were found to have reduced emergency department visits by 35% and were associated with a 45% decrease in mortality rates for chronic disease. 61% of patients reported that AI-powered chatbots helped with symptom self-management, reducing calls to their care team to allow them to focus on direct patient care.

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