How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

The following is a guest article by Anna Twomey, Senior Director, Healthcare Providers – Americas at SS&C Blue Prism   With rising staffing shortages and burnout among healthcare workers, digital transformation will be key to overcoming these challenges and protecting patient care. It’s estimated that the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033 and will need to hire at least 200,000 nurses per year to meet increased demand and to replace retiring nurses. The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency made the situation even worse as frontline health workers risked their lives to service others. The pandemic accelerated the need for digitalization across industries, including healthcare. This was critical to delivering healthcare to patients who could not leave their homes due to various lockdown restrictions, forcing patients and clinicians to become more accepting of telemedicine.  Emergency rooms throughout the U.S. are overwhelmed by long wait times. Resource strain combined with the legacy infrastructures still being used in most health organizations have only added to these challenges. Tack on tightening regulatory procedures and you’re left with a healthcare system that is struggling. How Artificial Intelligence and Other Tech can Help  Even when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), an area where many countries are ma...
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