
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..."

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. Brie Reed, ERAS Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Total Joint and Spinal Fusion at the University of Kansas Health System, shares her insights on securing org buy in, specific ERAS metrics to monitor, navigating resourcing barriers to ERAS rollouts, tools to manage ERAS programs, and more!

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Froedtert Health's CMIO, Dr. Keith Woeltje, about "Conversational AI for Healthcare, Creating Learning Health Systems, Proactive Decision Support to Improve Patient Care, and more..."

Hospitals across North America are continuing to face surgical backlogs and increased wait times owing to challenges across staffing, inpatient bed availability, and reduced operating room capacity. Today, more than 30 hospitals and health systems across North America have taken a digital health approach with SeamlessMD’s Digital Care Journey platform to combat these challenges prompted by the pandemic.

On the 100th episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Divurgent's CEO, Edward Marx, about "How a personal health scare sparked innovation, Using empathy to fuel digital health transformation, Creating “listening posts” with clinical champions, and more..."

Best outcomes are achieved when we keep patient at the center of strategy and innovation. And that benefits not just the patients, but also clinical teams. So what does it mean to have a patient-centered approach to innovation?

Digital Care Journeys Launched to Improve Patient Care Through Enhanced Outcomes, Elevated Patient Experience and Increased Same-Day Surgeries.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with KeyCare's CEO/Founder, Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, about "Building the 1st Virtual Care Startup Directly Partnered with Epic, Advice for Physician Entrepreneurs, The Need For Compensation Redesign to Reduce Physician Burnout, and more..."

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. Kimberly Coffman, Clinical Program Manager at Lima Memorial Health System, shares her insights and experiences deploying, scaling, and optimizing an ERAS program across multiple service lines including the importance of creating multidisciplinary committees, consistent communication, and tips for inspiring others.

Digital app to support Hip and Knee surgery patients with interactive education, improve patient outcomes, and track opioid usage.