
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 colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Albert Bonnema, CMIO at Kettering Health, about "Combining EHR, genomics, and AI for breakthroughs in precision medicine, Risks of AI use in medical education, Barriers to making personalized medicine standard, and more..."

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is a leading academic hospital and southeastern Ontario hub for complex acute and specialty care. With over 650,000 patients served annually and a strong research mandate, KHSC sought a digital health solution to enhance patient education, enable remote monitoring, streamline operations, and capture research-grade patient-reported outcomes data.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Greg Ator, former, longtime CMIO at Kansas University Health System, about "Why AI Chart Summarization is the Next Dominant Use Case, Having a CMIO in Every Clinical Department, Could a Startup Disrupt the Major EHR Incumbents? And more..."

Each week, SeamlessMD is highlighting how our platform supports patients and care teams for specific surgical procedures or health conditions. Our solution uses a patient’s own smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer to guide them with health system-specific, step-by-step guidance via reminders, education, and symptom monitoring. This week’s spotlight: COPD

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Craig Norquist, CMIO at HonorHealth, about "What the Healthcare C-Suite can learn from the Navy, Where AI Agents best fit in Healthcare, How being a Clinician-Patient exposes Healthcare Inequities, and more..."

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Joel Gordon (CMIO, UW Health) and Stacy Rasmussen (VP, IS Business Relationship Management, Planning and Growth, UW Health), about "Building a Successful Digital Transformation Dyad, Leading and Lagging Indicators of Success with AI, Measuring ROI with Rigor for AI Scribes, and more..."

In New Brunswick, many patients live hours from the nearest hospital. For Horizon Health Network, the province’s largest regional health authority, this meant finding new ways to keep patients informed and connected throughout their care journeys. That’s why Horizon partnered with SeamlessMD to launch bilingual digital care journeys, accessible anytime on a patient’s own device.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Sonali Kohli, EVP, Digital Transformation & Chief Information Officer at Niagara Health, about "Lessons from a Modern Day EHR Implementation, Establishing Guardrails for Safe AI, Success with Digital Care Journeys for Remote Surgical Monitoring, and more..."

Each week, SeamlessMD is highlighting how our platform supports patients and care teams for specific surgical procedures or health conditions. Our solution uses a patient’s own smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer to guide them with health system-specific, step-by-step guidance via reminders, education and symptom monitoring. This week’s spotlight: Diabetes.