
Augusta Uwah is a hospitalist, physician advisor, and founder and chief executive officer of ClinEfficiency Pro. She is affiliated with Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis and Guam Memorial Hospital. Her work focuses on helping hospitals improve performance through practical, ethical artificial intelligence, with expertise in utilization management, clinical documentation improvement, and revenue protection.
Drawing on frontline experience in hospital medicine and a systems-level perspective shaped by public health, Dr. Uwah works at the intersection of patient care and operational efficiency. She is the creator of CLIP, an AI-powered utilization review platform designed to strengthen payer-facing narratives, identify documentation gaps, and reduce preventable denials without adding burden to clinicians.
Dr. Uwah is the author of "Effect of Diabetes on Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy," published in Clinical Colorectal Cancer, and has presented scholarly work at the American Society of Hypertension, the Association of Black Cardiologists, the Pennsylvania Society of Oncology, and the American College of Physicians. She also contributes thought leadership through KevinMD and has appeared on The Podcast by KevinMD. Professional updates are available on LinkedIn.
A colleague recently reacted to the idea of physician-built AI with a kind of weary cynicism: AI glitches. All AI glitches. I understood what he meant. Many physicians have already lived through one wave of technology that promised efficiency and delivered frustration. We were told electronic medical records would improve care, streamline communication, and modernize medicine. In some ways, they did. But they also inserted screens into the exam room, …
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Why physician-led AI adoption is essential for health care
Today for the first time, I got flowers from a grateful patient.
And I reflect on how rough the week has been, all the things that seemed impossible and insurmountable, and everything that has brought me to this point. The patient is going on hospice, he’s going to die, yet he felt that I made a significant impact that he wanted to show his gratitude. And that almost brought me to …
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The dying man who gave me flowers changed how I see care