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Building Trust in Healthcare AI at Houston Methodist
Jesse chats with Dr. Jordan Dale about Houston Methodist’s current areas of interest in healthcare AI, the health system’s strategy for AI adoption, moving AI from pilot projects into clinical practice and building clinician trust, the overlapping and distinct responsibilities of the information officers and AI officers, Houston Methodist’s perspective… Listen ⇢
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Scaling Ambient AI at UCHealth
Jesse chats with Dr. Kelly Bookman and Dr. Jennifer Simpson about UCHealth’s implementation of AI scribes across the system and several departments; how they’re balancing AI innovation with governance, privacy, and clinical safety; the impact AI scribes has had on clinicians and patients; misconceptions about AI scribes; what the next… Listen ⇢
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The Evolution of Clinical AI at Inova Health
Jesse chats with Jon McManus, Dr. Lindsey Stanton, and Dr. Sameh Saleh about AI’s impact on the practice of medicine and in the hospital setting, AI implementation and organizational structure, AI governance and integration with existing governance processes, AI monitoring and performance, AI adoption and barriers to adoption, the future… Listen ⇢
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Reducing Clinical and Administrative Burden at BSMH
Jesse chats with Dr. Mark Townsend and Dylan Clark about AI strategy and operational problem identification at BSMH; nursing ambient documentation and reducing nursing documentation burden; measuring AI-driven time savings; BSMH’s digital assistant, Catherine; AI in patient navigation, scheduling, physician time tracking, contract management, and compliance; navigating partnerships with AI vendors; and much… Listen ⇢
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Advancing Acute Care and the Patient Experience with AI Voice Agents
Jesse chats with Dr. Adrian Haimovich and Dr. Smit Desai about the potential for AI-powered voice agents in emergency departments and other acute care settings, the challenges these tools are designed to address, why voice may offer advantages over text-based interactions, the technical architecture behind AI voice agents and how… Listen ⇢
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Building an Enterprise AI Strategy at Jefferson Health
Jesse chats with Dr. Judd Hollander, Dr. Bracken Babula, and Dr. Jennifer Stephens about measuring the impact of AI programs; AI governance and enterprise-wide implementation; reducing clinical administrative burden; ambient listening and documentation tools, including potential nursing applications; symptom checkers and agentic AI; identifying and closing gaps in care management; predictive AI, risk management,… Listen ⇢
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Bringing AI and Informatics Into Perioperative Care at Duke University
Jesse chats with Hamed Zaribafzadeh and Dr. Michael Kent about a recent report on healthcare AI at Duke; AI models for scheduling surgeries and allocating surgical resources; how surgeons and informatics experts can work together to better leverage AI; using AI for automating the identification of necessary documentation for surgery… Listen ⇢
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Separating AI Hype from Clinical Reality with Dr. Roxana Daneshjou
Jesse chats with Dr. Roxana Daneshjou about Roxana’s journey into healthcare AI; recent research on AI performance in healthcare tasks and claims of superhuman AI performance presented as clinical vignettes; takeaways from Health AI Week at Stanford; AI challenges facing medical professionals and patients; using data analysis to guide healthcare AI forward; fears and hopes for… Listen ⇢
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The Next Generation of Evidence-Based Clinical AI with Dr. Travis Zack
Jesse chats with Dr. Travis Zack about OpenEvidence’s mission and its rapid adoption among physicians; how OpenEvidence differs from general-purpose AI platforms; Travis’ background and role at OpenEvidence; the rationale behind the organization’s free access model and its long-term vision; partnerships between OpenEvidence and health systems; the organization’s impact on clinical decision-making, physician practice, and medical education; the future of OpenEvidence and… Listen ⇢
Meet Host Jesse Pines, MD
Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, is the Chief of Clinical Innovation at US Acute Care Solutions. In this role, Dr. Pines leads efforts in alternative payment models, telemedicine, research, and other innovative programs. He serves as an elected member of the USACS National Clinical Governance Board. He also serves as Director of the USACS Fellowship in Clinical Innovation. Dr. Pines is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University and a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University (GW). Prior to joining USACS, Dr. Pines held several University leadership and teaching roles at GW and Penn, including serving as the Director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation & Policy Research (CHIPR) at GW and Director of GW’s Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ). He was also the principal investigator for Urgent Matters, a program that disseminates information on best practices in emergency care.
Dr. Pines earned a bachelor’s in the biological basis of behavior, a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a medical degree and MBA from Georgetown University. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and a fellowship in research at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also completed the Master Teacher Leadership Development Certificate Program at GW School of Education & Human Development.
