Ep 17 | Workforce Burnout, Digital Health, and Policy...with an AI Twist | Dr. Tina Shah | Chief Clinical Officer of Abridge

Here is a brief summary of this episode:

* The guest of this episode is Dr. Tina Shah, a pulmonary and critical care physician, a national expert on workforce burnout, digital health and health policy, and the chief clinical officer of Abridge, a generative AI company that aims to reduce the administrative burden for clinicians and empower patients.

* Dr. Shah shares her personal journey of experiencing burnout, taking a break from medicine, working in the White House and the VA, and finding her passion for improving clinician well-being and system interventions.

* Dr. Shah talks about the definition, causes, and consequences of burnout, and the four buckets of system-level solutions: giving input, ensuring quality care, enhancing efficiency, and providing recognition.

* Dr. Shah also discusses the role of AI in alleviating cognitive load, improving documentation, streamlining prior authorizations, and increasing transparency and accountability in healthcare.

* Dr. Shah ends with a message of gratitude and appreciation for the elite athletes in healthcare who are doing heroic work every day.

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