Last-minute cancellations drain OR capacity, drive up costs, and put strain on clinical teams. AI-powered patient prep has the potential to change that equation — but for most health systems, the journey is just beginning.

In this session, executives from leading health systems will share how they are rethinking pre-admission testing (PAT) with AI-enabled approaches. Both organizations are in the early stages of piloting solutions to improve patient outreach, clearance tracking, and overall readiness. They will highlight the challenges that led them to explore AI, the opportunities they see in leveraging AI agents, and the practical steps they are taking to prepare teams, processes, and governance for what’s ahead.

By combining patient- and procedure-level risk stratification, Health Information Exchange (HIE) data, and virtual AI clinical agents, are laying the groundwork for a smarter, more scalable patient prep process. The result they’re aiming for: fewer day-of-surgery surprises, smoother OR schedules, and clinical teams with time to focus on what matters most.

Attendees will gain:

• Insight into how leading systems are approaching AI in PAT — from readiness assessment to early pilots.
• Lessons learned so far, including governance and workflow integration.
• A forward look at how patient prep could evolve into a system-wide capacity optimization lever.