
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..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Ann Cappellari, CMIO at SSM Health, about "A call to preserve the art of medicine, How to bridge the value of Tech when clinical ROI doesn't align with business ROI, Should clinician burnout really be measured by number of clicks, 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. Allen Hsiao, CHIO at Yale New Haven Health System and Yale School of Medicine, about "Why AI draft responses to patient portal messages have underwhelmed so far, Using AI scribes in the ED, How to use MyChart for Equitable Research Participation, and more..."

The Digital Patient, which tells the stories of leaders in Digital Health, is excited to highlight the accomplishments of 12 leaders driving transformative change in healthcare quality.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Hannah Galvin, CMIO at Cambridge Health Alliance, and Co-Founder at Shift Health Care Task Force, about "Equitable Interoperability, Making AI Scribes Work for Pediatrics, Building National Standards for Data Segmentation, and more..."

Sault Area Hospital (SAH), located in Ontario, Canada, has taken its commitment to innovative, patient-centered care to the next level through its partnership with SeamlessMD. In 2021, SAH partnered with SeamlessMD to enhance patient engagement for hip and knee replacement surgeries.

Toronto, ON – October 22, 2024 – SeamlessMD, renowned for its exceptional Digital Care Journey platform, proudly announces its recognition as a 2024 Top Company in Patient Education and 2024 Top Company in Remote Patient Monitoring upon conclusion of extensive research and company outreach by AVIA Marketplace, the leading digital health marketplace.

On this special episode of The Digital Patient, hosts Alan Sardana and Dr. Joshua Liu reflect on their time at Becker’s 9th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting in Chicago. This episode focuses on their experiences at the event, discussing everything from the most provocative ideas they heard to valuable vendor insights from the dungeon... and tips on how to make the most out of healthcare conferences.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Kali Arduini Ihde, Director of Innovation at Northwestern Medicine, about "Scaling AI Scribes, Launching a Start Up Accelerator, Creating a Safe Space for Innovation, 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. Adam Carewe, Co-founder at NerdMDs, and CMO at Heidi Health, about "What actually happened at Kaiser Permanente with AI Scribes, How CMIOs think about Vendor Selection, Problems Old Culture Orgs face with New Tech, and more..."