Writing the Perfect Hospital Progress Note: How AI Can Empower Clinicians and Return Financial ROI

Clinical documentation is a persistent source of overworked clinicians and fragmented care – yet, efforts to advance note taking have fallen short. Evolving traditional transcription is essential to reducing friction and building confidence in AI accuracy and clinical integrity. This session explores how thoughtful application of AI can support how clinicians deliver exception care with confidence, transparency, and control.

Ruben Amarasingham, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Smarter Technologies, and, previously, founder of Pieces Technologies will be joined by Nic Desai, MD, Chief  Operating Officer at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, to share real-world lessons from deploying AI-powered inpatient clinical documentation. Together, they will discuss how health systems can use AI to surface key clinical signals, reduce cognitive load,  improve downstream outcomes, and deliver real ROI —  without compromising clinician trust or disrupting established workflows.