# Sam Shields with Dartmouth Health

By Healthcare · Published 2025-04-15 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Healthcare on MarketScale
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> A rural health system pioneers digital transformation while serving an aging population across dispersed communities

## Key points

- Dartmouth Health is enhancing care for an aging population with digital tools like ambient listening and tele-ICU.
- AI strategy at Dartmouth Health prioritizes people over efficiency.
- Value-based care and remote patient monitoring are part of Dartmouth Health's strategic plan.

[Sam Shields](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-shields-aba6522/), System VP of Strategy and Regional Operations at **Dartmouth Health**, joins [Panda Perspectives](https://marketscale.com/shows/panda-health/) to discuss how the academic health system is navigating digital transformation in a rural setting. With a recently completed strategic plan, **Dartmouth** is focused on enhancing care for its aging population through innovative models, AI governance, and robust telehealth infrastructure. Sam shares how **Dartmouth** is using digital tools—like ambient listening and tele-ICU—to extend high-quality care locally, easing the burden on centralized facilities. He emphasizes the importance of building AI strategy around people, not just efficiency, and highlights the system's measured approach to value-based care and remote patient monitoring.

> He emphasizes the importance of building AI strategy around people, not just efficiency.

Tags: AI Strategy, Dartmouth Health, Panda Perspectives, Sam Shields, Telehealth

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