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The Clinical Realist

The Clinical Realist

By: Dr. Sarah Matt
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Healthcare innovation is broken. We have billion-dollar AI running on 1990s infrastructure. We have startups dying in "Pilotitis." And we have leaders frozen by analysis paralysis.

Dr. Sarah Matt (The Clinical Realist) is here to fix the disconnect between the tech stack and the trauma bay.

Join Dr. Matt—physician, strategist, and author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution—as she cuts through the hype to reveal what actually works in modern medicine. No buzzwords. No fluff. Just the raw, unvarnished truth about how to lead, build, and survive in the future of healthcare.

If you are tired of the "Star Trek" vision and want the "Clinical Reality," this is your show.

Subscribe to The Sarah Matt Briefing for weekly insights on healthcare AI, access strategy, and the business of medicine: https://drsarahmatt.com/newsletter-signup

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Episodes
  • Why Health Systems Keep Getting Patient Experience Wrong | Amanda Brummitt, FACHE

    Why Health Systems Keep Getting Patient Experience Wrong | Amanda Brummitt, FACHE
    Jun 17 2026
    Patient experience gets treated as a soft metric. Amanda Brummitt, FACHE, has spent 25+ years in health system operations proving it is a margin lever, a retention lever, and the first thing most AI rollouts ignore.\n\nIn this episode of The Clinical Realist, Dr. Sarah Matt sits down with Amanda Brummitt, Principal of Brummitt Group, to unpack why patient experience is strategy, not sentiment, and what health system leaders get wrong when they bolt AI onto a broken experience.\n\nGuest: Amanda Brummitt, FACHE, Principal, Brummitt Group\nHost: Dr. Sarah Matt, MD, MBA, surgery-trained physician-executive\n\ndrsarahmatt.com | https://calendly.com/sarahmattmd

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    Resources & Links:

    📖 Get the Book: "The Borderless Healthcare Revolution" is available now on Amazon and major retailers.

    💼 Work with Dr. Matt:
    Looking for a keynote speaker or strategic advisor?
    Visit: drsarahmatt.com

    🔗 Connect on Social:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmattmd/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrSarahMatt-ClinicalRealist

    📧 Subscribe to The Briefing: drsarahmatt.com/newsletter-signup

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    Disclaimer:
    The views expressed on this podcast are those of Dr. Sarah Matt and her guests. They do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any affiliated institutions. This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or a professional consulting relationship.
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    27 mins
  • The Other Side of the Table: What Academic Health Systems Actually Need From Health Tech

    The Other Side of the Table: What Academic Health Systems Actually Need From Health Tech
    Jun 10 2026
    Dr. Marschall Runge, MD, PhD, Dean of the University of Michigan Medical School and CEO of Michigan Medicine, sits across the table from health tech founders every day. In this episode, he shares the institutional reality that most health tech companies never see: what it actually takes for an academic medical center to say yes. Not the demo. Not the pilot. The governance questions, the budget structures, the clinical workflow realities, and the leadership calculus that decides whether a tool survives past the first quarter. If you build for health systems, or you are trying to scale inside one, this is the conversation that explains why the buyer behaves the way they do.

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    Resources & Links:

    📖 Get the Book: "The Borderless Healthcare Revolution" is available now on Amazon and major retailers.

    💼 Work with Dr. Matt:
    Looking for a keynote speaker or strategic advisor?
    Visit: drsarahmatt.com

    🔗 Connect on Social:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmattmd/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrSarahMatt-ClinicalRealist

    📧 Subscribe to The Briefing: drsarahmatt.com/newsletter-signup

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    Disclaimer:
    The views expressed on this podcast are those of Dr. Sarah Matt and her guests. They do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any affiliated institutions. This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or a professional consulting relationship.
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    41 mins
  • When the Algorithm Is a Device: AI, the FDA, and the Question Almost Nobody Is Asking

    When the Algorithm Is a Device: AI, the FDA, and the Question Almost Nobody Is Asking
    May 27 2026
    The AI tool you bought last quarter, the one bundled into your EHR upgrade, the one your hospital piloted on your unit. Was it cleared by the FDA as a medical device? Most physicians do not know the answer. The vendor's pitch deck almost certainly did not lead with it. And the answer matters, because once an algorithm crosses into FDA medical device territory, the rules that govern what it can claim, how it has to perform, who is liable when it fails, and what evidence the manufacturer had to produce before it reached your practice change categorically. In this episode of The Clinical Realist, Dr. Sarah Matt walks listeners through three questions: when is an AI tool a medical device, what do the three FDA approval pathways actually mean about the evidence behind a product, and what does professional liability look like when the algorithm is the one making the call. What you will take away: - When a clinical AI tool crosses the line into FDA-regulated medical device territory - What 510(k), De Novo, and PMA clearance pathways actually say about the evidence behind a product - Why the word cleared is doing enormous amounts of work in this industry - What changes for physicians, procurement teams, and health system leaders when the algorithm is making the call Book a Discovery and Clarity Session: https://calendly.com/sarahmattmd Subscribe to The Sarah Matt Briefing: https://drsarahmatt.com/newsletter-signup

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    Resources & Links:

    📖 Get the Book: "The Borderless Healthcare Revolution" is available now on Amazon and major retailers.

    💼 Work with Dr. Matt:
    Looking for a keynote speaker or strategic advisor?
    Visit: drsarahmatt.com

    🔗 Connect on Social:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmattmd/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrSarahMatt-ClinicalRealist

    📧 Subscribe to The Briefing: drsarahmatt.com/newsletter-signup

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    Disclaimer:
    The views expressed on this podcast are those of Dr. Sarah Matt and her guests. They do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any affiliated institutions. This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or a professional consulting relationship.
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    15 mins
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