Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Dr. Brian Patterson, Physician Administrative Director for Clinical AI, UW Health
Dec 23, 2025
Dr. Brian Patterson, a practicing emergency physician and Physician Administrative Director for Clinical AI at UW Health, shares his insights on the impact of AI in healthcare. He highlights how AI is transforming revenue cycles and clinical workflows with tools like ambient documentation. Patterson emphasizes the importance of using established governance when deploying AI and warns of risks associated with light regulation. He advocates for involving clinicians in AI development to ensure successful implementation and adoption.
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Where AI Is Driving Real Impact
- Revenue cycle AI is where deployed tools are delivering measurable efficiency and impact today.
- Clinical ambient and summarization tools are rising as game-changing clinical workflows.
Ambient And Summarization Are Next
- Ambient clinical documentation is influencing physician choice of health systems.
- Summarization and knowledge retrieval will grow as charts expand and clinicians need fast access.
Start With Non-AI Solutions
- Ask how you'd solve the problem without AI before redesigning workflows around it.
- Reuse existing change-management and governance structures instead of rebuilding them.