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A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's impossible to deny the dominance of AI and generative AI, and how quickly the development and adoption of these technologies have accelerated even since HIMSS last year. Clinician burnout and workforce shortages are pervasive and persistent industry problems, and these technologies stand to really move the needle on these issues.

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Chatbots and related automation can ease staffing shortages, triage patients

Healthcare It News

For example, many hospitals and health systems use automation to ease the burden of staffing shortages and effectively manage and triage patients at scale. Care navigators also commented on the additional peace of mind they had as a result of being able to see patients responding through the chats. million healthcare workers by 2030.

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Former Amazon medical officer examines Surgeon General's clinician burnout warning

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural and organizational causes – including excessive workloads, administrative burden and lack of organizational support. However, the question remains: How can it be solved?

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17 Execs Share How Health IT Can Address Clinician Burnout, Staffing, & Capacity

HIT Consultant

Clinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. We ask seventeen healthcare IT executives for their insights on how health IT solutions could potentially help address clinician burnout, clinician staffing shortages, and deal with capacity.

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Nurse Burnout Even Bigger Challenge Than Physician Burnout

HIT Consultant

The pandemic has pushed nurses to the brink. A recent survey by the American Nurses Association reports 51 percent of nurses feel overwhelmed, 76 percent report exhaustion and burnout, and nurse-to-patient workloads have tripled. ( While doctors see patients for minutes, nurses see them for days.

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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Over the past few months, the organizations have deployed telemedicine services to support care in at least a half-a-dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. This hospital already had called 150 different places to try and find a tertiary care center to transfer folks to, but to no avail.

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Optimizing the Healthcare Workforce with Technology

Healthcare IT Today

There are a lot of challenges that healthcare workers are currently facing, burnout from overworking being one of the most pressing. Thus reducing burnout and increasing the level of care your patients are receiving. Travis Palmquist, SVP & GM, Senior Care at PointClickCare.