NerdMDs | Efficiency Unlocked

Summary of this episode:* Virtual Care and Efficiency: Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, founder and CEO of KeyCare, a virtual care company that partners with health systems and uses Epic as its EMR, shares his insights on how virtual care can improve efficiency and quality of care for patients and providers.* Automation and Delegation: Dr. Berkowitz discusses how to automate and delegate the routine, repeatable and rules-based care that are drowning doctors, using technology, team-based approach and protocols. He also talks about how to leverage AI, remote monitoring and workflow interoperability to enhance the virtual care experience.* Innovation and Change: Dr. Berkowitz reflects on his journey as a physician, health system executive, serial entrepreneur and digital health consultant, and how he has embraced innovation and change throughout his career. He also shares some of his favorite books, apps and stories from his involvement in TVs and movies. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

Dr. Graham Walker, an emergency medicine physician and the founder of MDCalc, shares his journey from Kansas City to becoming a clinical informaticist. He discusses the transformative role of generative AI, like ChatGPT, in healthcare, highlighting its potential for enhancing clinical documentation and patient education. The conversation dives into practical tools that boost efficiency in both personal and professional realms, emphasizing the importance of responsible AI implementation and innovative solutions in medicine. Walker’s insights inspire a new perspective on technology's role in healthcare.

In this week’s episode:Picture this: Drs. Adam Carewe and Dale Gold, not just your everyday family medicine physicians, but bona fide tech wizards, are at the helm of their new podcast, “Efficiency Unlocked.” They’re joined by the multi-talented Holly Escudero, a maestro in operations and leadership across various fields. Together, they dive headfirst into the riveting tale of their transformation into the NerdMDs. It’s not just a brand; it’s a testament to their unquenchable thirst for innovation, informatics, and automation in the realm of medicine and beyond. Amidst the laughter and personal anecdotes, they navigate the thrilling labyrinth of technology in healthcare, exploring its challenges, seizing its opportunities, and predicting its future trends. It’s a rollercoaster ride of intellect, innovation, and a dash of humor! We hope you enjoy this episode about us….the NerdMDs! Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

Dale jumps into the hosting seat for this episode with Dr. Alistair Erskine to discuss his journey as a healthcare digital leader. They touch on generative AI applications and challenges, as well as his early adopter mentality for implementing these tools within his organization. Summary of this episode:* Introduction: The host, Dale Gold, introduces the guest, Dr Alistair Erskine, the Chief Information and Digital Officer at Emory Healthcare, and the topic of the episode, which is the impact of generative AI in healthcare.* Dr Erskine’s journey: The guest shares his journey from being a clinician to a digital transformation leader, and his experiences in different health systems across the world. He also talks about his early exposure to generative AI and how he decided to partner with a company that provides ambient listening solutions for clinical documentation.* Generative AI applications and challenges: The guest discusses some of the use cases and benefits of generative AI, such as creating chatbots, summarizing notes, and improving coding. He also mentions some of the challenges, such as dealing with hallucinations, prompt engineering, and differentiating between useful and useless products.* Future vision of healthcare: The guest envisions a digitally enabled integrated academic health system that can leverage the strengths of both AI and physician-led teams. He also talks about how generative AI can help reduce waste, improve quality, and optimize processes in healthcare. He also shares some of his concerns about the potential risks of other technologies, such as physics discoveries that could have unintended consequences.* Lightning round: The host asks the guest some quick questions about his personal preferences, such as his dream vacation, his favorite vehicle, his life hacks, and his biggest problem to solve. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Adam interviews Punit Soni, the CEO and Founder of Suki.Episode Summary:* The guest of the episode is Punit Soni, the founder and CEO of Suki, an AI assistant for clinicians that helps them with clinical documentation, orders, coding, and more.* Punit shares his origin story, his vision for Suki, and the challenges and opportunities of building AI solutions for healthcare.* Punit explains how Suki is different from other products in the market, such as its focus on plumbing, EHR integration, AI-first design, and assistive layer.* Punit also talks about the future of AI in healthcare, how it will transform the workflows, decision support, and clinical pathways of clinicians, and how Suki is aiming to span the entire spectrum of administrative to clinical tasks. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Adam interviews Akilesh Bapu, the CEO and Founder for DeepScribe.Episode Summary:* Introduction: The host, Adam Carewe, introduces the guest, Akilesh Bapu, the CEO and co-founder of DeepScribe, a company that uses generative AI to create medical documentation from patient conversations.* Motivation: Akilesh shares his personal story of how he was inspired by his father, an oncologist, who faced the problem of spending hours on documentation every day. He also explains how he leveraged his background in AI research to build DeepScribe from the ground up, with the vision of creating the first foundational data set for medicine of patient conversations.* Differentiation: Akilesh highlights the key features that make DeepScribe stand out from other players in the market, such as personalization, trust, accuracy, and workflow integration. He also talks about how DeepScribe has been battle-tested by over 1000 doctors across different specialties and use cases.* Impact: Akilesh shares a story of how DeepScribe helped a clinician reduce her documentation time by 75% and her pajama time by 88%, giving her more time for her family and patients. He also discusses how DeepScribe aims to bring the joy of care back to medicine and solve the problem of broken data pipeline in healthcare.* Future: Akilesh reveals his future vision of DeepScribe as the conversational AI platform for medicine, that can enable other applications beyond documentation, such as coding, order entry, voice diagnostics, and analytics. He also shares his perspective on the current state and potential of generative AI in healthcare and other domains.* Conclusion: The host thanks Akilesh for joining the podcast and sharing his insights. He also invites the listeners to check out DeepScribe and get in touch with Akilesh if they are interested. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

Here is a summary of the podcast episode with Erez Druk from Freed:* Use code “NERDMDS” at checkout for half off your first paid month of Freed!* Introduction: The host introduces the podcast series Efficiency Unlocked, which explores the impact of AI on patient care and physician well-being. He also introduces the guest Erez, the co-founder of Freed, an AI scribe solution for clinicians that is taking the Direct Primary Care market by storm.* Origin of Freed: Erez shares his personal story of how he built Freed to help his wife Gabi, a family medicine resident who was overwhelmed by the documentation burden. He explains how he decided to focus on creating useful stuff for clinicians and how he leveraged the advances in generative AI to build a simple and powerful tool that helps clinicians write notes in minutes.* Impact of Freed: Erez shares some feedback and stories from clinicians who use Freed and how it has improved their lives, reduced their burnout, and enabled them to focus on their patients. He also mentions a special offer for the podcast listeners to try Freed with a discount code. Use code “NERDMDS” at checkout for half off your first paid month!* Differentiation of Freed: Erez explains how Freed is different from other AI scribe solutions in the market, by being the most clinician focused, affordable, easy to use, and direct to clinician product. He also shares his vision of building a holistic experience for clinicians that eliminates all the technical tasks that they have to do.* Fun questions: The host asks Erez some fun questions about his favorite place to visit, his car or bike preference, his yogurt making hobby, his concern about autonomous weapons, and his question for the host about why he started the podcast. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

This is a special episode in which the host, Adam Carewe MD, and his middle school daughter, Keegan Carewe discuss how she sees generative AI today and tomorrow:* Generative AI applications: Keegan shares how she uses generative AI tools such as Bing Copilot to search for information, create pictures, and make decisions. She gives examples of how she used it to find bird deterrents, perfume scents, concert tickets, skincare routines, and a women’s rights song.* Generative AI challenges: Keegan also talks about some of the challenges and limitations of generative AI, such as hallucination, privacy, and fact-checking. She says she has been hallucinated by Bing Copilot when it gave her false information about a Taylor Swift tour. She also mentions how some technologies like smart glasses can be used for security breaches.* Generative AI interests: Keegan expresses her interest in using generative AI for her future career as a veterinarian. She says she would like to have a co-pilot that can help her with questions and recommendations about animal care. She also says she is interested in climate change and how generative AI can help with reducing carbon emissions and protecting wildlife.* Other interests: Keegan reveals some of her other interests besides generative AI, such as Taylor Swift, record players, Squishmallows, and sea otters. She also answers some questions from her dad about her favorite Apple products and the car she dreams of having. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

This series features the people and leaders and/or founders behind the top Generative AI technology companies attempting to transform how we deliver care to patients and consumers. Listen to this series to learn the origin stories of these people and the product, the impact they have, and how they differentiate from the pack in this AI gold rush wave we are just about to catch.Subscribe so you do not miss a Podcast episode or blog post from NerdMDs or TechDadCO.In this episode, Adam interviews Alexandre Lebrun, Co-Founder/CEO of Nabla.Episode summary:* Introduction: The transcript is from a podcast called Efficiency Unlocked, hosted by Drs. Adam Carewe and Dale Gold, who are experts in using technology to automate tasks and increase efficiency in healthcare and other domains. The guest of this episode is Alex, the co-founder and CEO of Nabla, a company that uses generative AI to create ambient clinical notes for physicians.* Alex’s background and motivation: Alex has 22 years of experience in AI, working for Facebook, Wit.ai, and Virtuoz. He decided to pivot to healthcare after seeing the gap between the AI research and the real-world problems. He was inspired by his mentor, Yann LeCun, to build useful products based on AI. He chose to focus on solving the administrative burden of physicians, which he saw as a prerequisite to earn their trust and improve their well-being.* Nabla’s product and impact: Nabla’s product is called Copilot, which is a device that listens to the physician-patient consultation and generates a clinical note automatically. It integrates with the EHR and other systems, and adapts to the physician’s workflow and preferences. It saves one to two hours per day per physician, and also reduces stress and burnout. It also improves patient engagement and adherence, as it provides clear and detailed instructions to the patient after the visit.* Nabla’s differentiation and future roadmap: Nabla differentiates itself from other vendors by having a product-led growth model, where it pushes the product directly to the physicians, rather than through the health systems. It also has a strong focus on privacy, security, and compliance, as it does not store any patient data, and uses federated learning to train its models. It also has a very fast and high-quality note generation, and a proactive Copilot that can suggest actions during the consultation. In the future, Nabla plans to expand its scope to other aspects of care, such as diagnostics, clinical decision support, and patient education.This Podcast is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Adam interviews Dr Shiv Rao, the CEO and Co-Founder for Abridge, a healthcare conversation company.Episode Summary:* Hosts and Guests: The episode is hosted by Dr. Adam Carewe and Dr. Dale Gold, two tech savvy physicians who are passionate about using technology to automate tasks and increase efficiency. The guest is Dr. Shiv Rao, the co-founder and CEO of Abridge, a health care conversation company that uses generative AI to structure and summarize medical conversations.* Topic and Purpose: The episode is part of a series on the impact of ambient and generative AI in health care, especially on patient care and physician well-being. The purpose is to share the story and vision of Abridge, and how it helps clinicians save time on documentation and empowers patients to stay on top of their health.* Key Features and Benefits of Abridge: Abridge is a healthcare grade generative company that reduces clerical work for clinicians and improves the care delivery experience for patients. Some of the key features and benefits of Abridge are:* It is both healthcare native and AI native, combining world class scientists and clinicians who understand the needs and workflows of healthcare.* It is deeply integrated in the workflow, working natively inside Epic and Epic Haiku and other medical records, and allowing data to flow seamlessly and securely.* It is transparent, reliable and credible, publishing peer reviewed papers, working with academic labs, and demonstrating quantitatively and qualitatively its performance and value across over 55 specialties.* It is multilingual, supporting Spanish conversations and producing notes in English within seconds, meeting patients where they are and facilitating communication and care.* It is evolving and improving constantly, thanks to the feedback from users, partners and regulators, and the creativity and innovation of its team. Get full access to Rewskidotcom by Adam Carewe MD at rewskidotcom.substack.com/subscribe