{"id":202461,"date":"2024-12-26T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/is-artificial-intelligence-the-cure-for-healthcares-chronic-problems"},"modified":"2024-12-26T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:56:14","slug":"is-artificial-intelligence-the-cure-for-healthcares-chronic-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/is-artificial-intelligence-the-cure-for-healthcares-chronic-problems","title":{"rendered":"Is Artificial Intelligence The Cure For Healthcare\u2019s Chronic Problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/is-artificial-intelligence-the-cure-for-healthcares-chronic-problems2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This presents another challenge: convincing patients to allow the use of their data. Some <a href=\"https:\/\/wexnermedical.osu.edu\/mediaroom\/pressreleaselisting\/most-americans-comfortable-with-ai-in-health-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/wexnermedical.osu.edu\/mediaroom\/pressreleaselisting\/most-americans-comfortable-with-ai-in-health-care\" aria-label=\"70%\">70%<\/a> of Americans have expressed concerns about data privacy, with 56% admitting they find AI in healthcare \u201cscary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t helped by the growing number of data breaches in the healthcare space, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com\/view\/more-than-88-million-people-have-been-affected-by-health-data-breaches-this-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com\/view\/more-than-88-million-people-have-been-affected-by-health-data-breaches-this-year\" aria-label=\"88 million\">88 million<\/a> patients having had their personal health information compromised in data breaches last year alone. Undoubtedly, if AI-powered healthcare is to maintain its trajectory, the sector will need to address these cybersecurity concerns.<\/p>\n<p>AI is no longer a prospect but a reality today. It\u2019s already being deployed in doctors\u2019 offices and hospitals to analyze patient data, handle back-office tasks and assist surgeons. Anticipated to decrease administrative costs by up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/insights\/healthcare-admin-costs-how-ai-can-ease-the-pain-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/insights\/healthcare-admin-costs-how-ai-can-ease-the-pain-\" aria-label=\"30%\">30%<\/a>, free up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/practice-management\/digital\/ai-gives-geisinger-physicians-and-care-teams-more-time-patients\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/practice-management\/digital\/ai-gives-geisinger-physicians-and-care-teams-more-time-patients\" aria-label=\"hundreds of thousands\">hundreds of thousands<\/a> of hours of physicians\u2019 time and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/news\/23466\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/news\/23466\/\" aria-label=\"cut\">cut<\/a> surgical waiting times\u2014for the millions of Americans currently suffering in silence, whether due to affordability or accessibility, AI will offer a lifeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This presents another challenge: convincing patients to allow the use of their data. Some 70% of Americans have expressed concerns about data privacy, with 56% admitting they find AI in healthcare \u201cscary.\u201d It isn\u2019t helped by the growing number of data breaches in the healthcare space, with 88 million patients having had their personal health [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,34,1495,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-health","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}