Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Dan Liljenquist, JD, Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Health
Nov 14, 2025
Dan Liljenquist, JD, Chief Strategy Officer at Intermountain Health, spearheads over 300 AI initiatives aimed at transforming healthcare delivery. He elaborates on how AI is simplifying complex tasks, enhancing efficiency in operations, and saving time on administrative processes. Liljenquist also discusses the importance of cloud infrastructure for rapid AI development and how partnerships with innovators like Epic and Microsoft are crucial. He predicts that AI will revolutionize patient care, addressing labor shortages and reducing costs.
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Rapid AI Adoption In Healthcare
- Healthcare is adopting AI faster than many industries because tools simplify complex work and address clinician burnout.
- Intermountain runs about 300 AI programs to streamline operations and reshape care delivery.
Appeal Letters Cut By AI
- Dan gave a concrete example where AI shaved about 30 minutes off creating each payer appeal letter.
- That single use case illustrates how many repetitive tasks can be dramatically sped up by AI.
Cloud Enables Faster AI Development
- Moving data into a secure cloud enables direct use of AI tools and reduces development time for new applications.
- Dan noted cloud platforms and open AI code cut programmer weeks of work and lower ROI barriers to near zero.