CAVENDISH-The recent writers of letters opposing using Eleos technology for mental health care seemingly do not understand what this software does. It uses augmented intelligence to assist mental health professionals.
There are many mundane tasks that all medical professionals have to do which take up a lot of time that could otherwise be spent in direct care with clients. For instance, clinicians can spend up to 50% of their day charting and submitting claims to insurance.
Using Eleos can cut this time in half. It can spot compliance issues before sending claims to private or government insurance, reducing denials and thereby reducing time and expense to doctors, which in turn reduces expenses to patients and gives counselors more time to do what they really want to do.
There is a shortage of mental health professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, and counselors in the U.S. It is worse in rural areas such as southern Vermont, so technology like this is especially useful here.
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI transcription software. The primary concern here seems less about privacy and more about the software's Israeli origin. This stance is led by groups like Southern Vermont for Palestine, whose recent conference in Burlington illustrated...