This month on the My DPC Story podcast we are talking about the tools that serve us, and Dr. Michael Hobbs is a voice you do not want to miss.

Dr. Hobbs is a pediatrician and founder of Lakes Pediatrics, the first pediatric Direct Primary Care practice in the Minneapolis area, serving families across Edina, Wayzata, and the western suburbs. He brings over twenty years in Twin Cities pediatrics, more than a decade as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Top Doctor recognition from Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and Minnesota Monthly, subspecialty training in infectious diseases and Group A Strep, and a Reach Institute mini-fellowship in pediatric mental health care.

What makes this episode essential listening is Dr. Hobbs himself. A self-described knowledgeable hacker who grew up alongside the technology, from a Commodore 64 to writing early web pages, he has watched the entire arc of medical documentation: index cards, paper charts, dictation, the EHR, templates, and now AI scribes. He knows what gets better and what gets worse when tech enters the exam room.

In this conversation, Dr. Hobbs covers:

• The one question to ask before adopting any tool, EHR, phone system, or AI
• Why building your own tools is more doable than you think
• Why now is not the time to lock into a long term software contract
• The difference between AI that serves you and AI that turns you into a liability machine
• Patient transparency, shadow AI, BAAs, and using tools safely
• Why LLMs are terrible at math, learned the hard way
• The best first AI investment for a new DPC doctor on a small budget
• AI as a clinical decision support thought partner, not a guideline machine

And because both Dr. Concepcion and Dr. Hobbs are recovering anthropology buffs, they keep returning to the truth underneath the technology: people like people. The tools only matter if they give us more room to be human with the families we serve.

Whether you are deep into building AI workflows or you hear the word AI and want to run, this episode meets you where you are.

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Connect with Dr. Hobbs at lakespediatrics.com.

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