Inside the Future of Emergency Medicine: AI, Virtual Care & Dr. Lisa Fort’s Story

The future of emergency medicine is being rewritten — and Dr. Lisa Birdsall-Fort is one of the leaders driving it. In this episode of The Missing Peace Podcast, April sits down with Dr. Lisa Fort — Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, System Chief Officer over Ochsner’s Virtual Care Center, Senior Emergency Medicine Physician, and leader in digital innovation. From Hurricane Katrina to AI-powered virtual care, her story reveals where healthcare is headed next. You’ll learn: -Her powerful origin story from small-town Louisiana to emergency medicine -How Hurricane Katrina shaped her mission and passion for patient care -Why AI is restoring trust between clinicians and technology -What virtual nursing, virtual EDs, and ambient intelligence mean for patient care -How EHRs and informatics transformed healthcare — and what comes next -The real impact AI will have on care delivery in the next 12 months -How she leads technology adoption, training, and quality improvement across teams -The biggest problems in healthcare she’s solving next Whether you're a healthcare leader, clinician, technologist, or simply curious about the future of medicine, this episode gives you a front-row seat to the transformations happening right now. 🔗 Follow the Conversation Subscribe for weekly episodes: https://hubs.li/Q03RJW4g0Follow April on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-reed-82259711/🎧 Sponsored by EHR Concepts – https://ehrconcepts.com Learnista – https://learnista.com #emergencymedicine #HealthcareInnovation #VirtualCare #DigitalHealth #ClinicalInformatics #ArtificialIntelligence #EHR #OchsnerHealth #FutureOfHealthcare #HealthcareLeadership