Artificial intelligence and telemedicine dominated the digital health news in 2023.
Here are 13 digital health stories and studies that Becker's reported on in 2023:
- Roughly 1 in 3 primary care physicians have tried using AI scribe tools.
- Epic Systems is the most popular electronic health record system among physicians.
- Amazon is now offering Prime members a discounted membership to One Medical, Amazon's membership-based primary care provider.
- Forty-two percent of physicians feel enthusiastic about artificial intelligence's place in their workplace, while 28% remain apprehensive.
- Hippocratic AI, a healthcare technology company that develops artificial health general intelligence, formed a physician advisory council to guide the development of its large language model for healthcare.
- Amazon Clinic — the company's most recent healthcare initiative — will be focused on price transparency and tiered pricing for healthcare services based on convenience and quality.
- Thirty-nine percent of physicians reported using telemedicine less in 2022 compared to 2021.
- Physicians are now required to use HIPAA-compliant video technology for telehealth services.
- Endocrinology was the most popular specialty for telemedicine use.
- Telemedicine physician usage is the largest among those aged 30 to 39.
- The telemedicine industry is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate of 21.4 percent through 2031, reaching a value of more than $435 billion.
- Health technology company Abridge partnered with the University of Kansas Health System to roll out its artificial intelligence-powered medical documentation technology to the Kansas City, Kan.-based health system's more than 140 locations.
- Pediatric emergency room patients who had a telemedicine consult with a specialist are less likely to be transferred to another hospital.