Can AI Help Physicians Reclaim The Joy Of Practicing Medicine? with Pat Williams, CEO of iScribe, and Chad Dodd, Vice President of athenahealth

This podcast is brought to you by Outcomes Rocket, your exclusive healthcare marketing agency. Learn how to accelerate your growth by going to outcomesrocket.com AI partnerships are revolutionizing healthcare by alleviating physician burnout and improving patient care.  In this episode, Pat Williams, CEO of iScribe, and Chad Dodd, Vice President of athenahealth, discuss their partnership and how it is accelerating AI adoption in healthcare. They highlight how iScribe’s ambient AI note generation tool, integrated within athenahealth’s EHR platform, is reducing documentation time and restoring joy to medical practice. Chad shares results from the 2025 Physician Sentiment Survey, noting a 10% drop in burnout and crediting AI as a key factor, while Pat adds that iScribe users report less EHR time and more same-day encounter rates. Together, they frame this as a pivotal moment for healthcare transformation, with AI enabling better automation, stakeholder collaboration, and improved patient outcomes. Tune in and learn how AI partnerships are transforming healthcare and enhancing the physician-patient experience! Resources: Connect with and follow Pat Williams on LinkedIn. Listen to Pat’s previous episode on our podcast here. Follow iScribeHealth on LinkedIn and explore their website. Connect with and follow Chad Dodd on LinkedIn. Follow athenahealth on LinkedIn and explore their website. Listen to Chad’s previous episode on our podcast here. Read athenahealth’s 2025 Physician Sentiment Survey here.