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The HLA Arizona Education Committee is responsible for the selection of appropriate speakers and topics to ensure both are relevant to the target audience, Arizona's Practice Management Community.  The topic and complete presentation must have importance to medical practice management staff and should be delivered within a specified time frame.  If you wish to be considered, we ask that you submit the Speaker Profile for consideration.


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    Beyond the Hype: Why AI Voice Agents Fail the Patient Frontline — and Where Humans Still Win 

    Thursday, November 5th, 2026

    9:00AM - 10:00PM 

    Presented by: Heather Rummel

    Sales Director at MedVirtual 


    Session description:
    This presentation, titled "Beyond the Hype: Why AI Voice Agents Fail the Patient Frontline—and Where Humans Still Win," systematically dismantles the growing industry trend of replacing healthcare receptionists with fully autonomous AI voice agents. It acknowledges the immense value of AI in structured, backend administrative tasks (like data processing and simple automations) but highlights the critical breakdown that occurs when algorithms are tasked with handling anxious, non-linear, and emotionally vulnerable patients. Through vivid examples of triage nuance, the risks of "hallucinations," and the high cost of patient churn, the deck argues that authentic human empathy is not just a nice-to-have, but a clinical necessity for building trust and ensuring safety.


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    following the webinar.


    (Members Attend Free, Non-members $35.00)


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