Episode 51 : How AI-Powered Workflows Are Lightening the Load for Clinicians with Kristy Fogle

Episode #51: How AI-Powered Workflows Are Lightening the Load for Clinicians with Kristy Fogle

AI is no longer an emerging technology in healthcare—it’s becoming a foundational tool transforming how care is delivered.

In this episode, Kristy Fogle, Clinical Director of the Center for Virtual Care at LifeBridge Health, discusses how her journey from emergency medicine to digital health leadership has shaped the development of virtual care models to ease the burden on frontline staff. She recounts how the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed the launch of telemedicine solutions that evolved into a robust, data-driven virtual nursing program. Kristy also shares the challenges and lessons learned from piloting this program, including the importance of listening to bedside nurses, leveraging feedback, and iterating quickly. She explores how partnerships with AI platforms like Care.ai and Palantir enabled her team to streamline documentation, reduce readmissions, and offer real-time, AI-augmented clinical support. Kristy highlights the growing role of physician assistants in healthcare innovation and their adaptability in testing and guiding new technologies. Finally, she emphasizes that successful AI implementation must begin with real clinical problems and involve end users in co-designing solutions.

Things You’ll Learn:

• Virtual nursing programs that began during COVID-19 are now successfully supporting admissions, discharges, and rapid responses, freeing up bedside nurses and improving patient satisfaction.
• Collaboration with AI partners enabled clinicians to reduce cognitive burden by integrating real-time data and ambient documentation, reducing chart reviews and redundant tasks.
• Early feedback from nurses led to critical design changes in the virtual care rollout, proving the importance of iterative, frontline-informed development.
• Physician assistants’ adaptability and generalist training make them ideal super-users and advisors for emerging digital health tools.
• The future of care delivery lies in AI-driven predictive analytics, ambient clinical support, and cross-functional teamwork focused on real-world clinical challenges.

  Resources:
  Connect with and follow Kristy Fogle on LinkedIn.
  Follow LifeBridge Health on LinkedIn and visit their website!

Tune in and learn how virtual nursing, predictive analytics, and AI-driven workflows are shaping the future of compassionate, efficient healthcare!