Douglas Flora, President-Elect Association of Cancer Care Centers at Association of Cancer Care Centers, shared on LinkedIn:
“250 Doctors. 100 Clinics. One Question: Does AI Actually Help the Patient?
՛The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.՛ – William Gibson
In episode three of our series, Practice at the Speed of Innovation, Dr. Sanjay Juneja, Clynt Taylor, and I sit down with Dr. Lucio Gordan, President and Managing Physician of Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, and incoming Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at McKesson.
Lucio brings a rare perspective to community oncology.
We explore what it takes to innovate across 100 clinics without losing sight of the patient in the chair.
He shared a guiding principle learned from his father that anchors this mission: ՛Always take care of your patients and their families, and the results will come automatically.՛
We discuss how his team evaluates ambient artificial intelligence, moving from pitch to pilot in weeks rather than months.
We examine why AI governance must be a clinical leadership responsibility, not just an IT function.
Addressing the growing concern of technological disparity between large institutions and rural practices, Lucio makes it clear that the rapid adoption of new tools is not optional.
As he puts it in the episode: ՛I always use the term moral obligation. I think we do have the technology today to make patients live longer and better with better quality. So, why not? We got to push this.՛
This week, we leave you with a challenge for your next leadership meeting.
Ask your team who owns the connection between your data and your patients.
We are not talking about who manages the software, but the clinical leader ensuring every tool, algorithm, and data-driven decision answers one question: Is this helping the person in the chair?
If you do not have that person in place, you just found your most important hire.
Listen to the full episode today is in the comments – check it out (subscribe?!) to hear how community oncology continues to build the future of cancer care.
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