Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Scaling Ambient AI Across Care Settings
Nov 17, 2025
Nikhil Buduma, Co-founder and CEO of Ambience Healthcare, and Roberta Schwartz, Executive VP and Chief Innovation Officer at Houston Methodist, dive into the transformative power of ambient AI in healthcare. They discuss how AI can alleviate clinician documentation burdens and enhance workflows. The duo shares insights about the challenges of deploying AI across specialties, the initial skepticism from clinicians, and the promising metrics showing increased efficiency. They envision a future where continuous patient conversations reshape care models and workflows.
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AI Adoption Arrived At Breakneck Speed
- AI adoption exploded faster than previous tech waves, driven by consumer exposure to tools like ChatGPT.
- Clinicians now expect similar productivity tools at work, creating rapid demand for ambient AI in healthcare.
Design Per-Specialty AI, Not One Size Fits All
- Build bespoke ambient AI experiences per specialty rather than one monolithic product.
- Fine-tune models to interpret specialty-specific spoken and unspoken clinical decision-making.
Ambient AI Gives Clinicians Time Back
- Generative ambient AI returns clinicians' time and reduces cognitive burden by automating documentation.
- Clinicians report regained capacity for academic work and better patient care from time saved.
