04 — Academic reporting
Less Typing, More Talking: UW Health Doctors Test AI That Listens In
A reported class story on how a health system was piloting ambient listening and other clinical AI — built on interviews with physician and AI leaders.
- Organization
- UW–Madison · JOURN 335
- When
- Spring 2025
- Type
- Academic multimedia journalism
Context
- Final project for JOURN 335 at the UW–Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Spring 2025.
- This is independent student reporting, separate from Sam's professional healthcare writing at Northwestern Medicine.
My contribution
- Reported and wrote the story, quoting UW Health's Chief Medical Information Officer, Director of Clinical AI and Chair of Radiology, plus a family medicine physician.
- Structured it in clear sections — From Burnout to Breakthrough, Radiology's Silent Assistant, More Time, Better Care and What's Next — with captioned photos and a timeline.
- Balanced the promise of the technology with safeguards: patient opt-out, provider review and monitoring of unedited AI drafts.
Please note
Scope
Academic coursework. No publication, audience or outcome is claimed.
Sample
Academic reporting · Spring 2025
Reported feature
“A pilot program using ambient listening is freeing up time for patient care—while keeping providers in control.”
MADISON, Wis. — At UW Health, technology is no longer just behind the scenes—it’s in the room with you.
Dek and lede from the story.
Read the full storyPDF · 4 pages · 3.9 MB(opens in a new tab)
Skills
- Interviewing
- News writing
- Health & technology reporting
- Story structure
- Multimedia storytelling