Dr. Michal Tzuchman Katz, M.D., CEO and cofounder at Kahun Medical . getty When we think of generative AI’s (GenAI) ongoing hot streak, it’s easy for industry outsiders to forget that the underlying technology behind the boom is not entirely perfect, especially when it is already making a sizable impact in so many different realms.
Industries such as fintech, cybersecurity, e-commerce and more have been the big winners thus far in generative AI, adding distinct value and convenience to their operations. But what about healthcare?
Although GenAI shows the most promise and potential out of any other technological novelty offered to the healthcare industry, we mustn’t set hopes too high before it’s been refined and built to meet the needs of healthcare professionals. Healthcare is a high-risk environment by nature. That fact leads to high pressure, which influences or exacerbates problems within the industry such as inconsistent patient care, extreme understaffing , high churn and the lengthy training process that goes hand in hand with the medical field.
So, as GenAI adoption spreads like wildfire across organizations and industries of all varieties, its usage within the healthcare sector has been a bit more complicated.
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GenAI’s Careful Crawl Into Healthcare
To begin, GenAI has been implemented in some areas of healthcare. In fact, it has been thriving within specific use cases and sectors.Administrative tasks are a key driver for professional burnout among healthcare professionals. Since the turn of the century, physicians have faced an unbelievable amount of administrative work that has nothing to do with the clinical capabilities they have worked tirelessly to perfect. Solving issues through AI in these areas has proven to be an effective place to start and has distinctly improved the workflows and satisfaction of healthcare professionals.Implementing AI in administrative realms aligns with the healthcare industry’s highly conservative approach to adopting new, hyped-up technologies. For one, it introduces […]
How Healthcare Can Leverage The Hype To Manage The AI Revolution
