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The nursing shortage is not going away and will require creative solutions such as virtual care, says Caregility Chief Nursing Officer Wendy Deibert.
As health systems face staffing pressures, Peter Julius, Public Intelligence CEO and partner, suggests that emotionally responsive robots like Hana-chan can provide social engagement and calm patient agitation in care settings.
With predictive risk scores and care management data, providers can proactively target "high and rising risk populations" and treat behavioral health with urgency, says Yagnesh Vadgama, VP of payor strategy and network development at CentralReach.
With ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Ian Shakil, chief strategy officer at Commure, discusses the potential role of ambient AI documentation in infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response.