AI Supports Hospitals And Improves Patient Experience - ICT&health

The first wave of AI hospital tools, including voice, patient experience and remote monitoring, are relatively easy to implement and deliver care to people with limited access. More highly specialized AI solutions will require higher expenses (until scale and reimbursement broaden access) and new capabilities. In mature markets like the US and EU, hospital viability will depend on their ability to adapt to the AI Era. The 5,534 US hospitals face an existential crisis. Median operating margins plummeted from 3.4 percent in 2015 to 2.7 percent in 2016 to under 2 percent in 2017.