Roberta Schwartz
Executive vice president and chief innovation officer at Houston Methodist, with decades of experience leading healthcare innovation and operational strategies across an academic medical system.
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Nov 25, 2025 • 23min
Roberta Schwartz, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Houston Methodist
Roberta Schwartz, PhD, is the Executive VP and Chief Innovation Officer at Houston Methodist, with extensive experience in healthcare innovation. In the conversation, she tackles the hurdles of adopting new technologies in a world of information overload. She explores the decline of telehealth post-COVID and discusses AI's role in healthcare, particularly in triaging patients. Roberta highlights the need for transparency in tech adoption and the impact of reimbursement changes on innovation, emphasizing efforts to bridge care access gaps in underserved areas.
Nov 17, 2025 • 29min
Scaling Ambient AI Across Care Settings
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.
