Opinion: AI and rural health care: A paradigm shift in America’s heartland
The use of artificial intelligence is happening in “unlikely places.” So says a recent working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. While much of the nation is debating the future of AI, health care providers in rural America are pioneering new uses of it in their practices. As the leader of the U.S.’s largest rural health care system, I predict the impact of AI on rural health care will be consequential.
After a decade of decline before the pandemic, a recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates that the population in rural areas is rising a bit. Rural counties across the country — defined as those with cities of up to 50,000 people — grew one-quarter of a percent from 2020 to 2022.
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