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EP. 249

UC Davis Health's CHIO Dr. Scott MacDonald: Diagnosing EHR Frustration Like a Patient Exam, How AI Scribes Could Break Clinical Decision Support, and the Hidden Risk of AI's Errors of Omission

Scott MacDonald, MD

Chief Health Information Officer, UC Davis Health

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Oct 29, 2026 · Episode 249 · 55 min

Diagnosing EHR Frustration Like a Patient Exam, How AI Scribes Could Break Clinical Decision Support, and the Hidden Risk of AI's Errors of Omission

with UC Davis Health's Chief Health Information Officer Dr. Scott MacDonald

Scott MacDonald, MD

Chief Health Information Officer, UC Davis Health

249 episodes

EP. 249Oct 29, 26

UC Davis Health's CHIO Dr. Scott MacDonald: Diagnosing EHR Frustration Like a Patient Exam, How AI Scribes Could Break Clinical Decision Support, and the Hidden Risk of AI's Errors of Omission

Scott MacDonald, MD

Chief Health Information Officer, UC Davis Health

EP. 248Oct 27, 26

UT Health San Antonio's Dr. Edward Sankary: Why Pilots Can't Be an Excuse to Avoid Strategy, How a "Mundane" AI Agent Hit Near-100% Compliance in Days, and When to Pause or Kill an AI Project

Edward Sankary, MD

Vice President, Chief Health Informatics Officer and Chief Value Officer, UT Health San Antonio

EP. 247Oct 23, 26

Sutter Health's CCIO Dr. Richard Milani: Why RPM Billing Pays for the Wrong Thing, the 10-to-1 ROI of Chronic Disease Control, and Health Literacy as a Design Input, Starting With Measurement

Richard Milani, MD

Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Sutter Health

EP. 246Oct 21, 26

Stanford Children's CMIO Dr. Keith Morse: The Real Reason AI Projects Succeed Has Nothing to Do With AI, Why One Use Case Undersells Every LLM, and Why Building Your Own AI Is a Closing Window

Keith Morse, MD, MBA

CMIO, Stanford Children's Health

EP. 245Oct 9, 26

UCSD's CMIO Dr. Marlene Millen: Is 20% Use of AI Draft Portal Responses Enough, Why Clinician Stories Beat ROI Spreadsheets for AI Funding, and How to Stop Shadow AI Without Punishing Anyone

Marlene Millen, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer, UC San Diego Health

EP. 244Oct 7, 26

Bergen New Bridge's CHIO Dr. Anthony Rosania: How Safety Nets Use AI Safely, What Informatics Can Learn From Pharmacists on ROI, and Why a Zero Denial Rate Means You're Losing Money

Anthony Rosania, MD, MHA

Chief Health Information Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

EP. 243Sep 29, 26

Becker's 2026 Debrief: Competing with Wayne Gretzky (and winning), What Happens When Patients' AI Agents Start Talking to Yours, and The Most Interesting Ideas We Heard

Joshua Liu, MD

Co-founder & CEO, SeamlessMD

EP. 242Sep 24, 26

Penn Medicine's Anna Schoenbaum: What Happens When Nurses Start Charting Out Loud for AI, The 3-Tier Rule for When AI Needs a Human in the Loop, and Why More Communication Won't Fix AI Adoption

Anna Schoenbaum, DNP, RN, NI-BC

Vice President and Chief Digital Applications Officer, Penn Medicine

EP. 241Sep 22, 26

Johns Hopkins Medicine's Dr. Brian Hasselfeld: Why AI Is a Labor Transformation, Not a Tech Shift, How Hopkins Governs AI Without Grinding to a Halt, and Who Gets the Productivity Gain with AI

Brian Hasselfeld, MD

Executive Medical Director, Digital Health and Innovation, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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