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Administrative burden is a huge challenge, and technology often exacerbates it. But is there a better way forward? IT is underleveraged as a way to help clinicians spend more time with their patients, says one expert.
Also, doll-shaped robots have been deployed to solo-living seniors in rural South Korea.
That said, despite its current limitations – it will never replace "empathy, listening, respect, personal preference" – it's clear artificial intelligence is leading to fundamental changes in care delivery, says the IT innovator, who predicts "doctors and nurses who use AI will replace doctors and nurses who don'...
It will be initially deployed at Subang Jaya Medical Centre and Bukit Tinggi Medical Centre.
Also, WA Health has started expanding its remote monitoring technology to regional communities.
They're aiming to help ambulatory providers gain insights with help from artificial intelligence, and can surface key information to help develop plans of care based on recommended diagnoses, patient insurance and other information.
It also made doing pathology possible during surgery.
Health systems able to offer this will not only be better positioned to survive external pressures, says one artificial intelligence expert, but will also help set the bar for critical best practices for future patient-provider relationships.
The integrated solution shifts from a symptom-based approach to an AI-powered, data-driven approach.
Data integrity and model validity are also must-haves, says an expert, who offers his ideas on a "clean data" mentality and explains why explicit consent is essential for training algorithms.