I’ve tested the AI scribes, triage chats, even robotic pill sorters. They’re helpful—until they aren’t. A large language model can summarize a wound note; it can’t notice the quiet dread in a patient’s kitchen. That’s not sentimental; it’s clinical. Loneliness raises mortality risk. Medication adherence depends on trust. You don’t fix those with autocomplete.
Let AI carry the administrative boulder. Let it draft notes, chase prior auth, predict who needs a check-in. Then reinvest the saved minutes in the one thing machines can’t do: presence. It’s also pragmatic. The U.S. is aging fast; 61.2 million Americans are 65+, and demand for home-care workers will climb 17% this decade. We need amplification, not replacement. Census.gov+1
At Hallmark Homecare, a caregiver once told me her “best tool” was the patient’s photo album. That fifteen-minute ritual turned insulin timing into a shared task, not a scold. CareFortis trains for the same: lead with rapport, then layer the tech. The result isn’t just happier visits; it’s fewer crises, fewer hospital days, and more life lived at home—exactly where CMS is steering the system and where home health spending is already racing. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
AI nurses? I’ll take AI with nurses. The future is high-tech, high-touch—or it isn’t healthcare.
