How might cutting-edge tech based in generative AI empower your home health, hospice, palliative, private duty or other home-based care business not just to deliver better patient care – but to operate smarter and more efficiently across your organization? Forcura convened experts to talk through the opportunities in our recent webinar, Technology that Empowers Aging-in-Place.
Here are the top 7 takeaways:
1. Transition from Traditional to Technological:
Jana Lightfoot, the COO of Reliant at Home, shared that traditionally, investment was made in EMR systems and productivity tools. But now, the industry is leveraging technologies like AI and RPA, which can significantly improve document efficiency.
2. CMS Rate Cuts and Rising Demand Challenges:
Annie Erstling, Forcura’s COO, highlighted how technology can enhance patient experience and effectively manage costs amidst challenges such as rate reductions and increased care demands.
3. Leveraging Data for Better Healthcare:
Matt Pearson, head of Healthcare and Life Sciences Business Development at Amazon Web Services, underscored the importance of using data to improve both patient and physician experiences and reduce healthcare costs. He noted that even small enhancements to existing technology can bring about significant positive changes.
4. Data-driven Decision Making with AI:
Jana talked about how the burgeoning AI technology helps healthcare professionals bypass studying complex graphs and charts and get straight to the actionable data. This simplifies the intake process drastically and aids in better decision-making.
5. Revolutionizing Referral Management with Forcura:
Our audience heard more about Forcura’s referral summary technology, and why it was a “no brainer” for that to be Forcura’s first genAI-built feature. Annie spoke about how Forcura's referral summary has simplified the referral management process and improved care planning and decision-making. Don’t miss Jana's incredible experience using this technology, find it at the 32:31-minute mark.
6. Human-in-the-loop in AI:
Our speakers accentuated the importance of maintaining human interactions in AI implementations. Matt introduced 'Bedrock,' an AWS solution, which simplifies the use of generative AI by providing infrastructure and services, enabling organizations to fully utilize their data.
7. Promoting Interoperability in Healthcare via AI:
Lastly, the topic of interoperability in healthcare, comparing it to the seamlessness of online banking, was brilliantly introduced by Matt.
Technology that radically simplifies your workflows, equips your teams to communicate more efficiently outside your EHR, and helps you make faster, better patient intake decisions isn’t somewhere off in the future. It’s here today.
