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AI may restore our balance to the working ortho world

24 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Read receipts and constant connectivity have made us perpetually reachable. Orthopedic physicians have been brutalized by rising workloads and falling pay over the past decade. AI could restore balance by reducing the pressure to always be available.

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Well, and never before in history have people been available 24 hours a day. Like you used to have to pick up a phone and you wouldn't call anybody before 8:00 AM. There used to be rules about how accessible people were. And now even like confirmations that messages were read, you know, like it is very invasive. So we as a species are learning how to navigate this new accessibility 100% of the time. And I think AI is going to be very powerful in that, in helping bring back a better lifestyle, a more balanced lifestyle. And for physicians especially, I think they, they've gotten brutalized over the last decade. They do more work for less money and higher risk.