Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Delivery. J Med Syst 2023 Nov 17;47(1):121
Date
11/17/2023Pubmed ID
37975946Pubmed Central ID
PMC10656306DOI
10.1007/s10916-023-02018-yScopus ID
2-s2.0-85177045642 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
Health care costs now comprise nearly one-fifth of the United States' gross domestic product, with the last 25 years marked by rising administrative costs, a lack of labor productivity growth, and rising patient and physician dissatisfaction. Policy experts have responded with a series of reforms that have - ironically - increased patient and physician administrative burden with little meaningful effect on cost and quality. Artificial intelligence (AI), a topic of great consternation, can serve as the "wheat thresher" for health care delivery, empowering and freeing both patients and physicians by decreasing administrative burden and improving labor productivity. In this Viewpoint, we discuss three principal areas where AI poses an unprecedented opportunity to reduce cost, improve care, and markedly enhance the patient and physician experience: (1) automation of administrative process, (2) augmentation of clinical practice, and (3) automation of elements of clinical practice.
Author List
Spear J, Ehrenfeld JM, Miller BJAuthor
Jesse Ehrenfeld MD, MPH Sr Associate Dean, Director, Professor in the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Artificial IntelligenceDelivery of Health Care
Humans
Physicians
United States
