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From Pilot to Performance: Health System Leaders Share Real-World AI Implementation Insights

Description

Health systems face mounting pressure to deliver ROI from AI investments while navigating workforce challenges and quality demands. This executive panel brings together leaders who have successfully implemented AI solutions, particularly in revenue cycle automation, to share candid insights from their journeys. Executives from Deaconess Health System, Hoag Health System, and UNC Health share their experiences moving AI projects from concept to measurable results.

Panelists will discuss how they evaluated vendors, structured contracts to minimize risk, overcame implementation challenges, and achieved tangible outcomes including labor cost savings, improved accuracy, and reduced denials. This peer-to-peer dialogue offers practical frameworks for assessing AI ROI, lessons learned from early adopters, and actionable strategies for positioning AI initiatives within broader organizational transformation efforts.

SPEAKERS

  • Rebecca Conen, VP and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, Deaconess Health System

  • Michele Morton, Executive Director of HIM Services, Hoag Health System

  • Matt Castellano, System VP, Enterprise Applications, UNC Health

  • Andrew Lockhart, CEO, Fathom

Key Learnings

  1. Develop rank-ordered priorities for AI in RCM based on impact and the state of technology

  2. Share peer experiences and synthesize lessons learned to realize ROI from AI projects

  3. Sharpen evaluation criteria and approaches for confidently vetting and selecting AI technologies