Artificial intelligence-powered cardiovascular diagnostic systems are currently entering the market, with promises to improve both patient outcomes and the wellbeing of clinicians. Ross Upton, the founder of Ultromics, provides an insight into how AI could alleviate stress and burnout for clinicians operating within cardiology.
Today’s clinicians are more stressed than ever before. According to data from the British Medical Association (BMA),1 clinicians at every level feel overwhelmed, overworked, and increasingly distanced from their patients. Fortunately, technological solutions are coming online that can help by automating certain medical tasks. In addition to providing greater accuracy and consistency, these advances will allow clinicians to devote much more of their time and energy to the aspects of their work that are both lifesaving and fulfilling, and – crucially – things a machine cannot do.
Stress and burnout in clinicians
Patient care is the foremost responsibility, of the many that clinicians face. Clinicians are dedicated to helping their patients and required to make potentially life-changing decisions daily. The importance of avoiding mistakes requires clinicians to constantly work at a high standard. This trying workload alone is enough to cause clinicians to feel overwhelmed, let alone the emotional impact of the work itself.
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