
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..."

As healthcare leaders feel the pressure of doing more with less without affecting the delivery of care, exploring and ensuring the return on investment (ROI) from these platforms – both in terms of costs and clinical outcomes – is critical. Tailored specifically for the healthcare industry, that is precisely what the SeamlessMD ROI Calculator can help you do. Here are a few hypothetical scenarios to help outline the potential impact for your organization with Digital Care Journeys.

Our ERAS Spotlight features interviews with clinical leaders who are on the front lines striving to reduce variation of care, standardize care and deliver high reliability health care. Kim Duggan shares her insights on scaling ERAS across multiple service lines, creating multidisciplinary committees, recommendations to meet the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare, and more!

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with UH's Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer, Dr. Peter Pronovost, about "Leading With Love to Drive Innovation, Eliminating Value Defects Across a Health System, Implementing Enhanced Recovery Across 15 Service Lines During a Pandemic, and more..."

With a vision to deliver exceptional care to both urban and rural patient populations and enable safer transitions from hospital to home with Digital Care Journeys, SAH has achieved improved clinical outcomes and patient experience across 13 care pathways.

For many healthcare organizations the age-old dilemma of “buy vs. build” continues to be an internal debate. While some may be inclined to build, buying a highly scalable proven enterprise solution could be the fastest way to market. Here are pros and cons & consideration when evaluating building vs buying.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with MEDITECH's COO, Helen Waters, about "Redesigning The EHR From The Ground Up, Leading With Boldness and Humility, Utilizing LLMs and NLP to Empower Clinicians With Informed Decisions, and more..."

Bariatric departments lose more than $1M of revenue annually due to referral to surgery leakage. Here are five ways Digital Care Journey platforms automate the bariatrics referral to surgery process.

The Digital Care Journey platform helps reduce length of stay and readmissions for hip and knee surgery patients.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with BJC HealthCare's VP of Digital Products & Innovation, Dr. Thomas Maddox, about "Shark Tank Competitions to Stimulate Innovation Within a Health System, Launching a Healthcare Innovation Lab to Scale Digital Health, Using Data to Facilitate Proactive Care, and more..."