Nov. 7, 2025

How AI Is Reducing Healthcare Costs and Helping Doctors Focus on Patients | Zach Evans

In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, host Vit Lyoshin sits down with Zach Evans, Chief Technology Officer at Xsolis, a healthcare analytics company using AI to bridge the gap between hospitals and insurance providers. Zach explains how Xsolis’s Dragonfly platform leverages predictive analytics, generative AI, and real-time data to streamline operations, reduce administrative friction, and help clinicians focus on patient care.

You’ll hear how hospitals spend nearly 25 percent of their revenue on administrative work, and how AI can eliminate much of that waste. Zach shares how predictive algorithms can determine patient status with 99 percent accuracy, preventing costly claim denials, and how generative AI now drafts clinical reviews, saving doctors hours each day. He also discusses the growing importance of cybersecurity in healthcare, the shift from reactive to proactive protection, and the next wave of innovation with agentic and ambient AI, systems that automate routine tasks and restore human connection between doctors and patients.

Zach Evans has spent more than a decade leading engineering and product teams at the intersection of data and healthcare. Under his leadership, Xsolis has grown from a small startup into a national leader in AI-powered healthcare transformation.

Show Notes

As CTO, Zach Evans leads the engineering and product strategy behind Xsolis’s data-driven solutions. With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare technology and digital transformation, he’s helped scale the company from a small startup to a national leader serving hospitals across the US. Zach is passionate about building human-centered AI systems that empower clinicians, improve patient outcomes, and redefine how healthcare organizations operate.

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Takeaways

AI isn’t replacing doctors, it’s helping them make faster, better decisions.
US hospitals spend up to 25% of their revenue on administrative tasks.
Dragonfly, Xsolis’s AI platform, uses data to reduce friction between hospitals and insurance companies.
Predictive analytics can determine patient status (inpatient vs. observation) with 99% accuracy.
Generative AI now drafts clinicians’ initial patient reviews, saving hours of manual work.
Keeping a “human in the loop” ensures AI supports, not replaces, healthcare professionals.
Hospitals can resolve claim decisions within hours instead of weeks or months.
Agentic AI is being developed to automate repetitive tasks like medical forms and data entry.
Healthcare data is among the most valuable information on the black market, making cybersecurity critical.
Moving from reactive to proactive security helps prevent attacks before they happen.
AI is helping hospitals save millions by cutting denied claims and reducing administrative waste.
The next wave of healthcare innovation is ambient AI, enabling doctors to talk to patients instead of screens.
Every dollar saved on admin costs can be reinvested into patient care and clinical improvements.