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Approaches for a Better Work-Life Balance | AI in Ultrasound for Workflow Optimization | Patient Care Optimization
In the healthcare landscape, dedicated healthcare professionals like yourself continuously strive to optimise patient care. This article presents how AI-powered solutions can help streamline your workflows, in the effort of ensuring a harmonious work-life balance. Moreover, it will provide valuable insights and study results regarding challenges faced by physicians and the significance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
AI-empowered technology plays a crucial role in transforming the healthcare practice. As demonstrated above, the integration of artificial intelligence enables you to streamline your ultrasound workflows and save precious time in your daily tasks.
State-of-the-art ultrasound solutions not only produce high-resolution images but also excel in their ability to interpret them with remarkable precision. With AI support, they streamline processes in real-time, enhancing operational efficiency, reducing the margin of error, and empowering you to make more confident and accurate diagnoses. This technology acts as the bridge between data and actionable insights, allowing you to devote more time to your patients and personal life.
By increasing the efficiency of patient care, AI-powered technology offers a promising approach to the challenging environment for physicians need to face on a daily basis.
As the healthcare industry evolves, physicians struggle with the complexities of medical advancements, constrained resources, and shifting patient expectations. Achieving work-life harmony has become a paramount concern for many. Studies indicate that, in the UK alone, 31.5% of physicians experienced high levels of burnout, 26% showed high levels of stress2, and a quarter were even thinking of abandoning medicine3. In addition to that, administrative tasks consume 44% of doctors’ office time which leaves a limited direct patient interaction4.
We understand that finding a work-life balance is vital for you. The challenges posed by administrative duties, long hours, and the looming specter of burnout can affect you on both emotional and physical levels. Don’t forget, your well-being matters!
Taking moments to recharge, pursuing ongoing professional growth, and embracing modern technology to enhance patient diagnosis and treatment are steps toward a healthier work-life balance. In the end, achieving this not only benefits you personally but also has a profound impact on the quality of patient care. Studies show that a better work-life balance for physicians enhances empathy and decision-making while also building patient trust.5 This, in turn, leads to better outcomes, a more resilient healthcare system, and a brighter future for all. Your time and dedication to your patients are of great importance, and it's our shared goal to ensure you have the support and resources needed to thrive in this demanding profession.
Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Goyen is currently the Chief Medical Officer EMEA for GE HealthCare. Mathias is responsible for leading GE Healthcare’s medical, clinical and evidence generation strategies for product modalities in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Together with his team he provides leadership in healthcare economics and outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research to develop customer value propositions for new and existing products.
Mathias began his career as a diagnostic Radiologist working at Essen and Hamburg/Germany. He was appointed Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Hamburg/Germany in 2010.
Mathias holds a medical degree (MD) from the University of Bochum, Germany. He has been secretary general of the German Chinese Society of Medicine, Berlin, from 2005 - 2019.
Learn more on how AI-powered ultrasound simplifies workflows in our newly released Whitepaper.
1. GE HealthCare. October 2023. White paper “The Power of Ultrasound + Artificial Intelligence”
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4. McNally S, Huber J Developing a ‘Doctors’ Assistant’ role to ease pressure on doctors and improve patient flow in acute NHS hospitalsBMJ Leader 2021;5:62-64
5. Guidi, C., Traversa, C. Empathy in patient care: from ‘Clinical Empathy’ to ‘Empathic Concern’. Med Health Care and Philos 24, 573–585 (2021).
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