"Currently, the U.S. is facing shortages of physicians, and it is looking as though it will not get better anytime soon. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. will face shortages of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians across all specialties and subspecialties within the next decade.
With new patient wait-times already skyrocketing, averaging about 26 days in large markets, according to AMN Healthcare, adding a physician shortage will lead to a larger health crisis."
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/when-physicians-and-health-it-leaders-embrace-ai-ally-mindset
Nurse practitioners can already perform the following tasks:
- Perform Physical Examinations
- Diagnose Illnesses
- Order and Interpret Diagnostic Tests
- Prescribe Medications
- Develop Treatment Plans
- Perform Procedures like suturing or minor surgical procedures.
- Manage Chronic Illness like diabetes or heart disease.
- Provide Preventive Health Services like vaccinations and screening tests.
- Refer Patients to Specialists
- Conduct Research
So, imagine nurse practitioners now having 24/7 smartphone access to AI medical advisors that are more intelligent and far more knowledgeable than today's top M.D. specialists. Imagine how many more medical tasks these nurse practitioners could then do that are today only assigned to doctors.
That may be a powerful strategy for turning our current scarcity of qualified healthcare providers into a large surplus. Based on how rapidly AI medical advisor technology is progressing, we're probably only a few years away from this much needed, cost-effective, paradigm shift in how healthcare is delivered.
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