Ep 33 – Reducing Clinical Variation with Data, Cost Transparency, and Al. - Dr. Aaron Daley (Riverside Health)
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Dr. Brian Fengler interviews Dr. Aaron Daley about reducing clinical variation in healthcare through data and innovative practices.
EvidenceCare's Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, Dr. Brian Fengler, sits down with Dr. Aaron Daley, Associate Chief Medical Officer at Riverside Health System, to discuss clinical variation, high-reliability organizations, and what it actually takes to change physician behavior through data. A Navy veteran with 26 years of service in nuclear power, submarine operations, and aviation, Dr. Daley brings an HRO mindset to hospital medicine that goes well beyond traditional quality improvement. The conversation covers his path from the Navy to hospital leadership, why clinical variation persists, how Riverside uses real-time utilization data to drive practice change without mandates, AI governance in practice, and why he thinks of hospitals as refurbishing plants rather than manufacturing plants.
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