AI chatbots are helping providers with everything from referral management to team building - MedCity News

Futuristic predictions of artificial intelligence in healthcare depict robots serving as doctors and nurses. But that fantasy is far from what's possible today. Even Mayo Clinic CIO Cris Ross said as much at HIMSS this year, noting that AI is "still pretty dumb" and comparing it to a 2-year-old. Still, the power of machine learning in healthcare can be leveraged in simpler ways outside the imaginative wishes of society. One startup called Avaamo is bringing AI chatbots to the space.