The Physician AI Conversation | Abridge CEO Dr. Shiv Rao with Dr. Graham Walker

Описание: Dr. Shiv Rao is a cardiologist, entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of Abridge, the physician-founded AI company transforming how clinical conversations become care. Built on the belief that healthcare is about people, not paperwork, Abridge is now embedded in more than 200 major health systems, processing millions of encounters each week and helping doctors reconnect with the meaning of their work.

In this special in-person episode, How I Doctor host Dr. Graham Walker sits down with Shiv for an unfiltered, wide-ranging conversation about the rise of AI in medicine, the moral crisis facing clinicians, and what it truly takes to build technology that serves the physician instead of replacing them.

From Abridge’s early days of being dismissed as a “party trick” to its current role in reshaping clinical workflows nationwide, Shiv shares how the company scaled, why it never called itself an “AI scribe,” and how every patient conversation can now fuel better care, fewer clicks, and more connection.

This isn’t just another startup story — it’s a blueprint for how doctors can lead the AI movement from the inside.


💬 Topics Covered:
00:00 Intro – From “party trick” to platform
03:00 Why conversation is the most valuable data in medicine
08:30 How Abridge helps fight burnout and moral injury
12:15 The real reason Shiv never called Abridge an “AI scribe”
18:00 What “ambient AI” really means in care delivery
26:00 The Epic partnership and the maturity of AI infrastructure
33:00 The point of conversation vs. the point of care
38:00 Why physicians must run into the AI movement, not away from it
43:00 How AI can help doctors live their values again

🔗 Episode Links

Transcript on Offcall: https://www.offcall.com/learn/podcast...
Abridge: https://www.abridge.com
Offcall: https://www.offcall.com

Follow Dr. Graham Walker:   / grahamwalker  
Follow Dr. Shiv Rao:   / shiv-rao-md  



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