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On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care, about "Adapting How You Talk About AI to Get Stakeholder Adoption, Saving Nurses 20 Minutes Per Shift Without Tech, Exploring Systemic Healthcare Issues Through Fiction, the Arthurian Legend, and 90s Music, and more..." Click the play button to listen or read the show notes below.
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Episode 135 - Show Notes:
[00:01:06] How Dr. Lancaster learned about informatics through his master’s program;
[00:03:29] Why learning the business of healthcare matters for informatics, and how it’s lacking in traditional medical training;
[00:09:10] Evaluating AI's realistic applications in healthcare: Low hanging fruit, high ROI vs overhyped prospects, and why ambient AI has a promising future;
[00:12:50] How synergies between humans and AI outperform standalone systems, and why Dr. Lancaster believes the human in the loop should shoulder the responsibility;
[00:16:11] Reimagining the EHR from the ground up with AI;
[00:19:14] Why average tech-savvy physicians are best for pilots to authentically test new technologies;
[00:23:14] How Ambient AI models get better overtime by leveraging data from the partner networks;
[00:27:15] Adapting how you communicate AI tools to fit your audience, enhancing receptivity and effectiveness;
[00:30:00] 'Project Joy' initiative aimed at reducing nurse documentation time, and how non-tech solutions such as reorganizing hospital supply access increased nurse efficiency and saved over 20 minutes per shift;
[00:35:46] Dr. Lancaster discusses the evolving role of 'Hospital at Home' programs, including how patient selection criteria has changed and will hopefully continue to change, and why staffing the program presents a paradoxical challenge;
[00:38:20] Dr. Lancaster shares his motivation for writing 'The Matter of Medicine,' a humorous take on health IT, drawing inspiration from his father, 90s music, and the Arthurian legend;
[00:40:01] The therapeutic value of creative writing to explore systemic issues and potential solutions through fiction;
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