Valencia Annik Payne — AI Consultant for Healthcare

I'm a nurse, health informaticist, and inventor who helps healthcare organizations adopt AI safely, practically, and profitably — from someone who's actually done the work at the bedside, in the boardroom, and in the lab.

MS Health Informatics/HA · BSN, RN · BS Biology · CHTL · Certified AI Consultant™ (USIDHR) · Advanced Certificate in Nanotechnology for Nanomedicine · U.S. Navy Nurse Veteran

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AI is coming to healthcare whether you're ready or not.

63% of healthcare organizations already use AI in claims — but only 15% report clear positive ROI. Revenue-cycle AI returns 4x its cost while clinical AI returns 2.9x. The savings show up next quarter. The clinical proof takes years. Meanwhile, half of organizations have cut or plan to cut AI-affected roles by 8–13%. And where does the 'redeployed' work go? Too often: to the nurse. The autonomy is in billing. The accountability is at the bedside. Nurses work in the space between.

I bridge the gap between clinical reality and AI implementation.

Most AI consultants have never touched a patient. Most clinicians don't speak AI. I do both.

• 17 years in clinical workflow, testing, and analysis
• U.S. Navy Nurse veteran
• Inventor of the DiaGen-NanoBot — presented at the Nanotechnology 2018 Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, and featured in TheMarker's Annual High-Tech Book 2018
• HIMSS25 speaker on the clinician burnout crisis; served on the HIMSS Clinician Burden Reduction Task Force
• Systems expertise: Oracle Health/Cerner, Epic, MEDITECH Expanse, CarePort-ESDP AI Model
• Clients include the Department of War, U.S. Navy, Defense Health Agency, VA, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, MedStar Health, INOVA, IATI – Israel Advanced Technology Industries (Member, IATI Tech Ecosystem), and HCA

I don't sell you AI tools. I make sure the ones you adopt actually work in real clinical workflows — without burning out your staff.