While going to the hospital is, in most cases, a matter of necessity, staying there doesn’t have to be. Reducing the length of a patient’s stay in a hospital is a growing concern in the health care space, both for the benefit of the patient and the health care provider’s financial wellbeing. Artificial intelligence-powered systems in hospitals, it seems, may be helping drive reductions in the length of stay.

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Concord Hospital, a regional health care system based in New Hampshire, uses an A.I.-powered electronic health record (EHR) system called Wellsheet. The hospital found the EHR’s A.I.-powered user interface has contributed to a 1.25-day decrease in the average length of stay for patients. New Jersey’s RWJBarnabas Health, using the same A.I. system, also reported a reduction in the length of stay. HonorHealth, a non-profit health system in Arizona, found similar results with an A.I.-powered EHR system, called Qventus. Over a three-year period ended in the first quarter of 2024, HonorHealth found that 86 percent of its patients received early discharge.

“Your length of stay will define your capacity, which will basically define your ability to provide access to the community,” Christopher........

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