Building AI for the Chaos of the Emergency Department with Mel Molina, MD MAS

February 25, 2026

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, we talk with Dr. Mel Molina, an Emergency Medicine physician and clinical informaticist at UCSF. We discuss the massive disconnect between how health tech is designed in the C-suite and the chaotic reality of how it actually has to function on the floor of the ED.

In this episode:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Meet Mel Molina
Chapter 3: The Slow, Hard Work of Nudging Provider Behavior
Chapter 4: The Technology Buying Disconnect Between the C-Suite and the ED
Chapter 5: AI's Dependence on Sometimes-Broken Human Process
Chapter 6: Humanity and Joy in Emergency Medicine
Chapter 7: Humans Hallucinate Too
Chapter 8: Stay Tuned for Part II

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