Becker's Healthcare January 2, 2026
Naomi Diaz

Muhammad Siddiqui, CIO of Reid Health, said one of his team’s most important initiatives in 2025 focused on reducing clinician burnout. The effort has returned two to three hours per day to physicians and reshaped how care is delivered.

“We really treated this [reducing clinician burnout] as an operational priority,” Mr. Siddiqui said on the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast. “We saw our clinicians carrying a heavy load every day, long hours, endless documentation, less time with the patient. It was like asking them to run a marathon while carrying extra weight. So we focused on taking the weight off.”

To reduce that burden, Richmond, Ind.-based Reid Health implemented ambient artificial intelligence documentation technology integrated directly into its EHR system. Mr. Siddiqui...

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