What is the physician burnout crisis in healthcare?
The US healthcare system is struggling with an alarming increase in physician burnout. This widespread issue affects not only doctors but extends to nurses and other healthcare professionals as well, resulting in a complete healthcare burnout. Complex medical practices alongwith administrative burdens have created unprecedented levels of stress and burnout among healthcare professionals.
Understanding the crisis
In the United States, physician burnout is defined as emotional and physical exhaustion, depersonalization, and a feeling of not being able to accomplish in their role. This further results in increased expenses in healthcare and lower efficiency in delivering patient care. The healthcare industry is also under additional stress due to high nurse burnout rates in the US.
The Emergence of Ambient AI in Healthcare
With the crisis in the healthcare system, ambient AI solutions in healthcare propose at least a glimmer of hope. These new technologies work insidiously in the background completing mundane tasks and assisting doctors in the provision of care.
Improving Efficiency in Documentation
Handling of documents and filling of forms is one of the leading causes of fatigue in the nursing profession. Ambient AI is able to effectively lessen this burden as follow:
- Recording of dialogues between the doctor and the patient therein
- Completion of records by EHRs with necessary details
- Creation of clinical documentation such as clinical notes and appointments.
Enhancing Decision Support
Ambient AI systems are capable of realizing and comprehending huge quantities of medical records data in real time with the aid of:
- Medical restrictions available in the patient’s history and suggested treatments
- Possibilities of negative interactions or side effects of drugs
- Research-driven advice on the diagnosis/treatment processes
Such support can help healthcare professionals concentrate more on attending to the patient and not on the collection and analysis of data.
Personalized Care and Patient Engagement
Ambient AI helps physicians and nurses to care for their patients in an individualized manner by:
- Looking for patterns and predict problems in patients’ data,
- Proposing appropriate care measures,
- Improving patient engagement by following up with them automatically or reminding them.
The Role of Innovators in Ambient AI Healthcare Solutions
Companies like Innovaccer focus on deploying and building ambient systems in healthcare applications. Such companies are paving the way for a new breed of intelligent tools and capabilities that will be usable by — rather than exist separately to perform data processing behind another system in healthcare. Moreover, using advanced natural language processing and machine learning algorithms — companies like Innovaccer are enabling tools to make care-delivery more efficient than ever before; hence they also significantly contribute to the reduction of physician burnout. These solutions are purposefully designed, so that healthcare professionals have the tools to enable physicians and gain more time back for patient care.