Medical science has advanced rapidly, allowing life expectancy to increase globally, but as lifespans increase, healthcare systems face rising demands for services, rising costs, and a workforce that cannot meet patient needs.Spending on healthcare simply isn’t keeping up. The healthcare system will not be sustainable without significant structural and technological changes. Health systems need a larger workforce, but despite the economy creating 40 million new jobs in the health sector by 2030, there could be a 9.9 million physician, nurse, and midwife shortage in the global health sector over the same period, according to the World Health Organization. Hence we need to ensure their time is used where it adds most value—caring for patients. The Healthcare Industry is managed by highly skilled professionals and their time is extremely valuable. However approx. 40% of experts’ time is spent on non-value added activities. Enters Robotic Process Automation in Healthcare.
