“ It ’ s not just technology , there ’ s always a human at the other end that the patient can connect to ”
ROOPA FOULGER VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT FOR OSF HEALTHCARE , OSF HEALTHCARE
that has been one of the key ingredients in the success .”
Over the next 12 months at OSF , the team is looking to continue on its Horizon 2 and Horizon 3 capabilities .
“ We have a number of partnerships with startups ,” says Foulger . “ Current Health , for example , was a startup . We first invested with them and now we are implementing their technology .
“ We also have relationships with a number of universities that we tap into to source young talent . Through that , we are looking to continue our journey in the AI space ; that is , especially in the generative AI area – one such position that we are focusing on is how we can help automate how our clinicians ’ work .”
Globally , healthcare workers are facing mass burnout . At OSF , leaders are dedicated to improving the workload so employees have the time and energy needed to give their patients the treatment they deserve .
“ We want to use technology to reduce the burden . We ’ ve already started building some solutions in partnership with universities or with startups and we now want to deploy them – using automation , personalised medicine and AI .”
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