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From Polytrauma to Agentic AI: How Healthcare Modernization Actually Gets Done with Shane McNamee, MD
What happens when a board-certified physician becomes a healthcare IT executive—and refuses to compromise patient care in the process?
In this episode, we sit down with Shane McNamee, MD, Global Health Industry Lead at Appian, former VA Physician Executive, and nationally respected Healthcare Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience modernizing complex health systems.
Dr. McNamee helped build the VA’s Polytrauma System of Care, creating rehabilitation programs for severely combat-wounded veterans—patients for whom failure is not an option. That frontline experience shaped everything he believes about healthcare technology today.
We explore:
- How he transitioned from clinical medicine to health IT leadership
- What treating polytrauma patients teaches us about what health IT must never compromise
- Why VA/DoD interoperability has been so hard—and what actually works
- What’s truly at stake when medical records don’t follow service members from active duty to veteran care
- How physicians can lead business growth without sacrificing clinical integrity
- Translating between clinicians who distrust technology and executives focused on ROI
- Why Agentic AI is fundamentally different from chatbots and algorithms
- Where AI will have the biggest impact on the patient care journey in the next 3–5 years
- The single most important lesson for leaders driving large-scale healthcare modernization
- What “efficient, safe, intelligently orchestrated healthcare” really looks like by 2030—and what happens if we fail
This conversation is essential listening for healthcare leaders, clinicians, CIOs, federal health executives, health IT professionals, and anyone shaping the future of care delivery.
#HealthcareLeadership #HealthIT #DigitalHealth #AgenticAI #VeteransHealthcare #Interoperability #FederalHealthIT #PhysicianExecutive #HealthcareInnovation #Appian #FORUM #FORUMPower #FORUMPowerPodcast
FORUM POWER Podcast delivers insider conversations on GovCon and federal IT leadership, hosted by Mary Ann Brown, President of FORUM.
Follow FORUM on LinkedIn for updates. New episodes weekly.
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By Mary Ann Brown, Tracey AubeyWhat happens when a board-certified physician becomes a healthcare IT executive—and refuses to compromise patient care in the process?
In this episode, we sit down with Shane McNamee, MD, Global Health Industry Lead at Appian, former VA Physician Executive, and nationally respected Healthcare Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience modernizing complex health systems.
Dr. McNamee helped build the VA’s Polytrauma System of Care, creating rehabilitation programs for severely combat-wounded veterans—patients for whom failure is not an option. That frontline experience shaped everything he believes about healthcare technology today.
We explore:
- How he transitioned from clinical medicine to health IT leadership
- What treating polytrauma patients teaches us about what health IT must never compromise
- Why VA/DoD interoperability has been so hard—and what actually works
- What’s truly at stake when medical records don’t follow service members from active duty to veteran care
- How physicians can lead business growth without sacrificing clinical integrity
- Translating between clinicians who distrust technology and executives focused on ROI
- Why Agentic AI is fundamentally different from chatbots and algorithms
- Where AI will have the biggest impact on the patient care journey in the next 3–5 years
- The single most important lesson for leaders driving large-scale healthcare modernization
- What “efficient, safe, intelligently orchestrated healthcare” really looks like by 2030—and what happens if we fail
This conversation is essential listening for healthcare leaders, clinicians, CIOs, federal health executives, health IT professionals, and anyone shaping the future of care delivery.
#HealthcareLeadership #HealthIT #DigitalHealth #AgenticAI #VeteransHealthcare #Interoperability #FederalHealthIT #PhysicianExecutive #HealthcareInnovation #Appian #FORUM #FORUMPower #FORUMPowerPodcast
FORUM POWER Podcast delivers insider conversations on GovCon and federal IT leadership, hosted by Mary Ann Brown, President of FORUM.
Follow FORUM on LinkedIn for updates. New episodes weekly.