
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 Northwell Health's CMIO, Dr. Sophia Saleem, about "Personalized interventions to Tackle Provider Burnout, Shifting Healthcare Focus From Transactions to Patient Access & Engagement, Turning Skeptics Into Teachers, and more..."

These 15 healthcare leaders are being recognized for having demonstrated significant accomplishment and innovation in leveraging Digital Health to improve the patient experience, clinical outcomes, and operational metrics for patients undergoing surgery.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Lehigh Valley's CHIO, Dr. Maulik Purohit, about "Building Guardrails to Prevent Complacency, Healthy AI Skepticism, The Power of Daily 1% Improvement, and more..."

Health systems can accelerate MyChart Care Companion implementations by leveraging 50+ proven care plans, saving significant clinician and IT time.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Sutter West Bay Region's Virtual-First Primary Care Physician and Chief Medical Information Officer, Dr. Matthew Sakumoto, about "Being a Virtual-First Primary Care Doc, Tips to improve Digital Empathy, Working as a Team to Reduce Clinician Burnout, and more..."

NBRHC partnered with SeamlessMD to launch a surgical remote monitoring platform to increase same day surgery, enhance patient experience, and improve clinical outcomes.

Oak Valley Health partnered with SeamlessMD to deploy remote patient monitoring program to bring high-quality, patient-centered care for patients undergoing hip, knee, shoulder, and spine surgeries.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Augmedix Founder, Director, and Chief Strategy Officer, Ian Shakil, about "Ambient Voice Scribes v. No Scribes, Partnering With Google to Beat the Competition, Smashing Clinician Burnout with a Sledgehammer, and more..."

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