A 2023 report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimated that Canadian doctors cumulatively spend 48.8 million hours per year on administrative tasks.
There are obstacles to getting more primary care data for AIs but initiatives including data-sharing, anonymization and bias reduction research show the way.
As we witness the advancement of AI, the question arises as to whether empathetic communication can only be mastered by the human clinician – and whom the patient of the future would choose.
