Automation helped small rural hospital save 34 clinician hours per month

HEALTHCARE providers, especially hospitals and clinics, are always under pressure to provide better care at affordable rates. Technologies such as robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI), among others, make that possible. Given the shortage of medical staff and the rise of the grey-haired population in some parts of the world, hospitals and clinics are being forced to leap into the world of technology -- and the move seems to be serving them very well. King's Daughters Medical Center, a small rural hospital with 99-beds, for example, has recently told media that it has deployed automation to reconcile electronic health records (EHRs). As a result, it has started saving up to 34 clinician hours per month and US$11,000 in nursing productivity over 12 months.