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Nayan Patel with Upson Regional Medical Center

MarketScale
April 14, 2025
AI tools
CIO
digital health
Nayan Patel
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Nayan Patel, CIO of Upson Regional Medical Center, reflects on the unique challenges and opportunities rural hospitals face in today’s healthcare climate. Speaking from VIVE 2025, he highlights how tighter margins and staffing constraints push rural leaders to be incredibly strategic—often favoring cost-saving innovations and maximizing existing vendor capabilities over chasing new tech. Despite resource limitations, Upson is preparing to implement ambient AI tools and exploring new engagement platforms, starting with Meditech Expanse. Nayan stresses the importance of vendor integration and simplification, urging digital health partners to work seamlessly within existing EMR stacks. His insights underscore the practical ingenuity needed to deliver high-quality care in resource-constrained environments.

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