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GE HealthCare Reimagining Better Health Study Identifies the Barriers to Achieving a More Human and Flexible Healthcare Experience
Patients and clinicians are united in a vision for the future; low trust in AI, interoperability, burnout, and care accessibility top the list of challenges.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nPatients and clinicians are united in a vision for the future; low trust in AI, interoperability, burnout, and care accessibility top the list of challenges.\n\n\n\nDouble-blinded quantitative survey of 5,500 patients and patient advocates along with 2,000 clinicians across eight countries, as well as qualitative interviews, examined clinician and patient sentiment about today’s healthcare system.\n\n\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, today released Reimagining Better Health, a qualitative and quantitative study that amplifies the perspectives and needs of people at the center of healthcare —patients and clinicians. The study aims to help inform a path forward as stressors such as burnout, workforce attrition and patient backlogs test the resiliency of health systems. Participants were asked to answer questions pertaining to the healthcare system as a whole based on their personal experiences and observations.\n\n\nThe results reveal many of the developments that are propelling the system forward are also a source of challenges that patients and clinicians experience. Specifically, the study found distrust in AI, low technological interoperability across the healthcare system, workforce burnout, fragmented care collaboration and accessibility to care are some of the pain points today.\n\n\n“Progress can also bring with it tension. In a specialized field like healthcare, resolving that tension is complex and it starts by listening to those who are at the center of care,” said GE HealthCare President and CEO Peter Arduini. “Reimagining Better Health is a bold reminder of the barriers to overcome, and a call to action to all stakeholders in healthcare to innovate and problem solve with a focus on the needs of patients and clinicians. Together, we can transform these insights into action to build a bridge to the future state– a more human and flexible healthcare system.”\n\n\nRecognition of the Promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coupled with Low Trust\n\n\nToday, AI technologies in healthcare are designed to improve patient experience and outcomes, automate tasks, and enhance productivity. While a majority of clinicians surveyed believe AI can support clinical decision making (61 percent), enables faster he...