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A health IT CEO offers his view of the next year in healthcare and technology, pointing to AI's true transformative power operating quietly in the background and mounting pressure for providers to reassess their digital investments.
Because we're still in the early days of artificial intelligence transforming the patient care environment, it's imperative to watch its impacts closely, says Oriana Beaudet, VP of nursing innovation at the American Nurses Association.
It will feature a 24/7 command centre, integrating the ICUs of small and medium hospitals.
Vijayashree Natarajan, SVP and head of technology at Omega Healthcare, predicts these three areas of health IT will be key next year – and explains why.
Physicians said in this year's Doximity survey that telemedicine tools have helped them improve disease management and patient access. They also said adherence to treatment plans, patient outcomes and productivity are up.
By incorporating frontline leaders' feedback, health IT companies are developing products that enhance their control over analytics and empower them with artificial intelligence-powered approaches to streamline daily tasks and improve patient access.
A recent study also revealed that Australian aged care nurses found it difficult to use multiple digital tools to perform tasks while providing end-of-life care.
A project in China that is developing an autonomous and self-evolving virtual healthcare setting is targeted to go public next year.
An AI chatbot is helping clinicians explain how artificial intelligence models, fueled by evidence-based healthcare data, can speed research advancements and improve patient access.
Also: New genAI tools and agents launch to help doctors and nurses at large health systems and small providers reduce their administrative burdens.
