Most Vendor AI Savings Claims Don't Survive Diligence | Sean Raj, SimonMed

Dig under the covers and a lot of the savings companies herald are not actually there. Sean Raj on diligence. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Sean Raj is Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest outpatient imaging networks. He moved from breast imaging to think at scale, and is direct about vendor claims that do not survive testing, and about the disconnect between what patients expect and what they receive. KEY FINDINGS • Moving from breast imaging to innovation across a national practice • A lot of heralded claims and savings not holding up under diligence • The need for extreme diligence before deployment • Disconnect between what patients expect and what actually happens • Significant opportunity when the problem is attacked from the patient's view • Patients described as genuinely hungry for change • Delivering findings through familiar, message-style formats • Getting patients to an action page with clear recommended next steps NOTABLE QUOTES "A lot of these claims and savings that are heralded by companies are not actually there." — Sean Raj GUEST Sean Raj, Chief Medical Officer & Chief Innovation Officer, SimonMed FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/sean-raj-simonmed-vendor-diligence Recorded at RSNA 2025 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — HEALTHCARE AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and