
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 Canadian Mental Health Association Fort Frances (CMHAFF) Branch has made significant strides in enhancing mental health support for their community by leveraging SeamlessMD’s Digital Care Journey platform. Faced with challenges such as a shortage of primary care providers and long wait times for therapy, CMHAFF sought an innovative solution to empower clients to manage their symptoms of anxiety and depression effectively.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Summer Blackerby, Chief Nursing Information Officer at CoxHealth, and Gina Ellerbee, Administrative Director of Nursing Practice and Professional Development at CoxHealth, about "Launching a Virtual Nursing Pilot in 9 Days, Scaling Virtual Care Beyond the Pilot, Shifting From Task-Based Workflows to Patient-Centered Collaboration While Reducing Burnout, and more..."

Halton Healthcare, a three-hospital system serving the communities of Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville, made remarkable strides in improving patient outcomes and satisfaction through its partnership with SeamlessMD.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Christopher Longhurst, Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer at UCSD, about "Pioneering AI-generated patient message drafts, Why implementation will make or break your innovation, Bridging the gap between AI performance and outcomes, and more..."

The short answer is you don’t have to invest in one or the other. Many health systems leverage device-based RPM to reach the 5% of patients most at-risk for chronic care management and then use Digital Care Journeys to reach the other 95% of patients in a scalable way. Although some health systems only use Digital Care Journeys to have a consolidated approach.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Drs. Rachel McEntee, CMIO, and Justin Stinnett-Donnelly, Associate VP, Business Owner for Inpatient and Ancillary Applications at University of Vermont Health Network, about "Assessing AI Scribes via Crossover Comparison, Why AI needs more Patient Safety Research before use on Clinical Care, How to Sunset Old Tech Processes, and more..."

We are thrilled to share some updates to the patient user experience on SeamlessMD’s mobile app, including an updated patient user interface (UI), optimized tablet display, configuration for right to left language display, and more...

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Colleen Hole, Strategy Advisor for Innovation and Commercialization at Advocate Health, about "Hospital at Home: Navigating Regulator Challenges, Dealing with Misaligned Incentives, Improving Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Wellbeing, and more..."

Today, Middlesex Hospital Alliance (MHA) is thrilled to announce the expansion of SeamlessMD, a Digital Care Journey platform, to support patients undergoing foot surgery. Building on the success of the platform’s launch for hip and knee replacements, MHA is now leveraging this innovative technology to further enhance patient engagement and remote monitoring for foot surgery patients.