$40 Million Saved in Patient Travel Costs in One Year | Dr David Newman, Sanford Health

The Chief Medical Officer of Virtual Care on what telehealth saved, and the patients he could not control for ten years. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Dr David Newman is Chief Medical Officer of Virtual Care at Sanford Health. He reports $40 million saved in patient travel costs in a single year through the virtual care initiative, 12,000 new patients signing up for behavioural health services, and is candid about patients whose diabetes he could not control until an artificial pancreas changed it. KEY FINDINGS • $40 million saved in patient travel costs in one year • 12,000 new patients signing up for behavioural health services in a single year • Patients he could not control over ten years, improving on an artificial pancreas • Collecting 10,000 blood pressures and not knowing what to do with them • New studies appearing faster than any human can process them • Ambient listening feeding symptoms into a clinical care algorithm • A five to ten year horizon for that becoming routine NOTABLE QUOTES "Through our virtual care initiative, we have saved our patients in one year $40 million in travel costs." — Dr David Newman GUEST Dr. David Newman, Chief Medical Officer, Virtual Care, Sanford Health FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/david-newman-sanford-virtual-care Recorded at ViVE 2026 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — HEALTHCARE AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a mea