
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..."

Timmins and District Hospital (TADH), the only Schedule 1 mental health facility in the Cochrane District, is enhancing continuity of care and reducing system strain through its partnership with SeamlessMD. Serving more than 110,000 residents across Northern Ontario, TADH launched SeamlessMD for Mental Health in 2024 to better support patients waiting for care and those transitioning between inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. David Feinberg, Chairman of Oracle Health, about "How Oracle Health has Reimagined the EHR in the AI Era, The Next Frontier For Agentic Workflows, Strategic Bets Oracle Health is Making, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Karl Kochendorfer, Chief Health Informatics Executive at Southern Illinois Healthcare, about "The Real Path to AI-augmented Clinical Messaging, The Role of LLMs for Patient Interactions, How AI can actually make Clinicians More Human, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Chris DeFlitch, CMIO at Penn State Health, about "What Health Systems Can Learn From Disney, Creating an Emergency Room with No Waiting Room, Why Digital Transformation is still about People Taking Care of People, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Sameer Badlani, Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Digital Officer at Fairview Health Services, about "Creating New Platforms for Healthcare Delivery, Bringing Retail-Quality Consumer Experiences to Healthcare, Proven Frameworks for Evaluating Tech Value, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Veena Jones, CMIO at Sutter Health, about "Scaling Ambient AI for Real-World ROI, Involving Patients to Design AI Inbox Responses that Actually Work, Moving Beyond Pajama Time to True Fulfillment, and more..."

For patients facing serious illness, the comfort of home can make all the difference. Halton Healthcare has launched a new virtual care pathway through SeamlessMD - a secure online platform that connects patients with their care team, provides tailored health information, and supports palliative care where patients need it most - at home

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Robbie Freeman, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Mount Sinai Health System, about "Enabling Clinician-Led AI Innovation, Embedding Forward-Deployed Engineers into Clinical Workflows, Empowering Nurses to Lead Ethical AI, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Roopa Foulger, Vice President, Digital and Innovation Development at OSF HealthCare, about "Why 80% of Healthcare AI Fails in the Real World, Inside OSF’s Three-Horizon Innovation Strategy, When to Break the Rules of Evidence-Based Tech, and more..."