
For bariatric surgery programs, the clinical procedure itself is often the most predictable part of the patient experience. What’s far more complex – and far more fragile – is everything that happens before a patient ever reaches the operating room.
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For bariatric surgery programs, the clinical procedure itself is often the most predictable part of the patient experience. What’s far more complex – and far more fragile – is everything that happens before a patient ever reaches the operating room.

In this special solo episode, hosts Joshua Liu, MD and Alan look back on their trip to Chicago for Becker's 2026 Annual IT + RCM Conference. They share the week's adventures, their first in-person Digital Patient meetup, and their own experiments with AI agents. They also go through standout ideas from speakers at Ochsner, Rush, Northwestern and more: why a human in the loop isn't enough, the burnout risk of practicing at the top of your license, why pilots don't automatically scale, why healthcare needs to get better at turning technology off, and more...

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Joshua Liu, MD, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Anna Schoenbaum, DNP, RN, NI‑BC, Vice President and Chief Digital Applications Officer at Penn Medicine, about "What Happens When Nurses Start Charting Out Loud for AI, The 3-Tier Rule for When AI Needs a Human in the Loop, Why More Communication Won't Fix AI Adoption, and more..."

The SeamlessMD team is thrilled to announce the release of our new Follow Up module. Hospitals and health systems that were early adopters of the module are already saving time, and more importantly, it has already “saved a patient's life.”

At Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC), innovation is not just about technology—it’s about ensuring every patient gets the right care at the right time, no matter where they are. By leveraging SeamlessMD, a Digital Care Journey Platform, TBRHSC is transforming patient care across a wide range of clinical areas including total hip and knee arthroplasty, hip and knee revision, shoulder, spine, bariatrics, colorectal, thoracic, urology, gynecology, breast cancer, maternity care, and oncology.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Richard (Rich) Zane, Chief Innovation Officer at UC Health, about "Eliminating Pilotitis, Balancing Innovation with Financial Realities, Simplifying Clinical Workflows Before Adding AI, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Finly Zachariah, Associate CMIO at City of Hope, and CMO at Empower Hope, about "AI for Palliative Care, Gaps in Palliative Care Today and Spinning Out a Startup From a Hospital to Solve Them, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Neeta Goel, Chief Medical Officer, Clinically-Integrated Network, and VP, Clinical Excellence, Ambulatory Services at Inova Health, about "Using Tech to Scale Depression Screenings Across the Health System, Eliminating Low-Value Care, and Does Charging for MyChart Messages Work?"

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Brian Imdieke, Provider Informaticist, Nurse Practitioner, and Former Interim CHIO at Hennepin Healthcare, about "The Evolution From Human to AI Scribes, How to Optimize Clinician Adoption with AI, Bridging Innovation Gaps in Safety Net Hospitals, and more..."

Health systems can accelerate Care Companion adoption and save staff time. SeamlessMD, the leader in digital care journeys, is proud to announce becoming the 1st company to achieve Epic Toolbox designation for the Care Companion Care Plan Content category.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Rob Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC, about "What CMIOs Can Learn From Working at Health IT Vendors, Reducing Bias with AI, Building Context-Aware Decision Support, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Tarun Kapoor, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Virtua Health, about "Why ‘Top of License’ Is ‘Top of Burnout’, What Healthcare Can Learn from Netflix About Digital Transformation, Adapting to the Quadruple Storm in Healthcare, and more..."