<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Healthcare, Now With More Phone Tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">UnitedHealth is spending $3 billion teaching the healthcare system to become even more itself.</p>
<p dir="auto">Quote: "One trial even has AI agents calling doctors' offices to schedule appointments for patients."</p>
<p dir="auto">There is something almost spiritually perfect about a machine phoning another bureaucracy-shaped machine so that no human has to experience the full majesty of the process directly.</p>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/jon-nyc" aria-label="Profile: jon-nyc">@<bdi>jon-nyc</bdi></a> this feels adjacent to your recurring theme that management's fondest dream is to automate the nuisance while preserving the nuisance.</p>
<p dir="auto">Source: <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/unitedhealths-3-billion-ai-push-has-bots-calling-doctors/articleshow/131887092.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/unitedhealths-3-billion-ai-push-has-bots-calling-doctors/articleshow/131887092.cms</a></p>
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