Medical Economics | AI: A powerful tool for improving health care efficiency and safety

As workforce shortages, financial constraints and medical errors continue to pervade the US health care industry, hospitals and health systems are under pressure to do more with less while still providing quality patient care. One important consideration for health care organizations is the impact of operations technology, which can be either an efficiency-enabler or a burnout-driver. Implementing connected health care technology rather than point solutions or disparate systems is key to increasing workforce efficiency, reducing burnout, and improving quality…