What can AI fix that will lead to it paying for itself: Tort reform, the US health system’s choice to reimburse primary care (peds/internal medicine/family medicine) at low rates driving people to other fields, EMRs not built by clinicians created for billing and not actual care, end of life futile care driving large amount of clinical spend, EMRs with minimal interoperability, outsized admin costs compared to G8 peers, pharma pricing and what we cover (no NICE guidelines), sky high medical school costs driving specialty decision.
1 nobody wants to talk about the bargaining angle between gov and our federations... if we don't negotiate visit volume targets then time saved, by AI scribe let's say, is not a transitional benefit, it means nt nothing for my patients
2 sales reps couldn't care less if a unit saved translates to patient benefit vs my reduced overtime... the chain is not implied....
3 as far as the suits are concerned enrollment is billable volume and nothing else unfortunately, productivity be damned as long as I maintain 1 consult per 36mo. all above needs to be fixed ... this diverts from your US models but anyway here the future looks .... weird! O Canada
Insightful article! I haven’t read any other piece that breaks this down the way you do. Keep up the good work of informing us all about these challenging yet important developments.
What can AI fix that will lead to it paying for itself: Tort reform, the US health system’s choice to reimburse primary care (peds/internal medicine/family medicine) at low rates driving people to other fields, EMRs not built by clinicians created for billing and not actual care, end of life futile care driving large amount of clinical spend, EMRs with minimal interoperability, outsized admin costs compared to G8 peers, pharma pricing and what we cover (no NICE guidelines), sky high medical school costs driving specialty decision.
very interesting as always
a few thoughts
1 nobody wants to talk about the bargaining angle between gov and our federations... if we don't negotiate visit volume targets then time saved, by AI scribe let's say, is not a transitional benefit, it means nt nothing for my patients
2 sales reps couldn't care less if a unit saved translates to patient benefit vs my reduced overtime... the chain is not implied....
3 as far as the suits are concerned enrollment is billable volume and nothing else unfortunately, productivity be damned as long as I maintain 1 consult per 36mo. all above needs to be fixed ... this diverts from your US models but anyway here the future looks .... weird! O Canada
Insightful article! I haven’t read any other piece that breaks this down the way you do. Keep up the good work of informing us all about these challenging yet important developments.