Artificial Intelligence

More providers are finding artificial intelligence can reduce clinician burnout and lower recruiting costs. Meanwhile, tech vendors on the frontier of agentic AI innovation are looking to healthcare as a first use case.

Albany ENT & Allergy Services projects its providers could achieve an 11-13% increase in efficiency with the ambient medical scribe system. And a decrease in reliance on scribes could reduce overhead costs and enable strategic resource reallocation.

Here’s what Trend Micro research reveals about cybersecurity and AI.

According to research by the American Hospital Association, growing after-hours workloads and administrative tasks are leading contributors to clinician burnout.

Healthcare organizations (HCOs) continue to face challenges in hiring and staffing retention, compounded by patients’ shifting expectations. Best-in-Class HCOs with “next-gen” patient care programs that deliver excellent clinical results and patient experiences through deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are seeing significant performance success.

Federal labor data showed joblessness in the technology sector up to 5.7% in January, compared to 3.9% this past December, surpassing the overall national unemployment rate of 4%.

Remote patient monitoring has begun to collect vital signs and other patient data more strategically and efficiently: Instead of waiting until a patient experiences distress, AI can help clinicians intervene earlier.

At the HIMSS25 Smart Health Transformation Forum, health system execs will explore value propositions of the latest digital tools. Esther Kim of Mass General Brigham, Kali Arduini Idhe of Northwestern Medicine and Marcee Chmait of Providence discuss.

More than 40% of C-suite executives polled by Deloitte said they've seen a moderate to significant return on their artificial intelligence investments, but nearly as many said it's still too early to determine the technology's full impact.

As cyberthreats against healthcare surge, a new EU cybersecurity Action Plan emphasises proactive defense, enhanced training, and collective responsibility to safeguard patient care and medical infrastructure.