November 2025 President’s Message

Help physicians navigate the AI era of medicine

by Jany Moussa, MD —

As this year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on how far we’ve come as a medical community. We’ve weathered challenges, celebrated milestones and supported one another through times of change.

Serving as your president has been one of the greatest honors of my professional life. What makes Sedgwick County unique is not only the excellence of our physicians but also our shared commitment to collaboration and innovation. Today, we stand at the threshold of a new era in medicine — one shaped by human compassion but strengthened by technology. I believe the next great frontier for our medical society is the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our daily practice — done by physicians, for physicians.

MSSC as an AI resource MSSC wants to become a hub and resource to help physicians harness AI responsibly, efficiently and ethically. The mission is simple: to enhance care quality, reduce burnout and empower local doctors with modern tools that complement our clinical judgment. Here are some ideas on how MSSC might help:

• Education and training. Offer hands-on workshops, CME sessions and demonstrations showing how AI can streamline clinical workflows and improve outcomes.
• Clinical support. Evaluate evidence-based AI tools for documentation, diagnosis support, billing accuracy and patient engagement.
• Collaboration hub. Partner with KU School of Medicine-Wichita, the Kansas Health Science University, WSU and our local hospitals to pilot AI-driven quality improvement projects.
• Ethics and governance. Develop guidelines for safe, transparent and patient-centered use of AI in local practices.
• Innovation incubator. Support physicians, residents and students exploring AI research or startups in healthcare.

How AI can help clinical flow

• AI is not here to replace us; it’s here to return time to us. Here are a few examples of how it can make our clinic days more human and efficient:
• Smarter documentation. AI scribes like DAX or Abridge can Jany Moussa, MD November President’s Message listen to patient visits and automatically generate clinical notes, freeing physicians to focus on conversation instead of clicks. Many clinics report saving one to two hours of charting each day.
• Coding and billing optimization. AI tools can flag missing ICD or HCC codes and suggest improvements before claim submission. This ensures fair reimbursement and cleaner documentation, reducing denials and resubmissions.
• Predictive analytics for high-risk patients. AI can analyze EMR data to identify patients at risk of hospitalization or rapid CKD progression — allowing earlier interventions and more personalized care.
• Virtual triage and messaging. AI assistants can draft responses to common portal messages, summarize patient intake forms and even highlight urgent cases for review, cutting response time dramatically.
• Remote patient monitoring integration. With connected devices like Omron BP cuffs or weight scales, AI can detect subtle trends and send alerts before a crisis occurs — helping meet RPM billing codes while improving safety.
• Patient education and follow-up. AI can automatically generate patient instructions at appropriate reading levels, translate them into another language, and send friendly reminders to improve medication adherence.

Make Wichita a model

My hope is that this initiative becomes a collaborative movement — led by physicians who believe technology should amplify, not replace, our humanity. Wichita can become a model city for physician-led AI adoption, where innovation begins with empathy and ends with better outcomes.

To make this vision a reality, I am planning to form an AI Integration Committee within MSSC. This committee will bring together physicians, residents, IT professionals and educators who share an interest in exploring how AI can enhance our practice and patient care.

If you are interested in participating — or simply curious to learn more — please reach out to me directly or contact MSSC. Your ideas and enthusiasm will shape the foundation of this exciting new chapter.

To all my colleagues, residents and students: Thank you for your trust, your hard work and your dedication to this community. MSSC is in good hands, and I’m confident that the best chapters of Wichita medicine are still ahead.