How Community Oncology Can Compete at Scale with Dr. Jeff Patton
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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The speaker reports that over 900 clinicians are actively using their ambient AI platform across the oncology network, describing deployment as a learning process for both the technology company and oncology practices.
“we finished last month at you know over nine hundred clinicians are actively using you know our an ambient platform it was kind of a wild ride right and it was something it was like a new muscle that you know we i think both had to learn us as you know a technology company and i think even when oncology and the practices about how do you actually deploy ai”
The speaker reports that the One Oncology model allows practices to maintain clinical and decision-making independence while accessing shared capital and infrastructure.
The speaker reports that aggregating buying power across practices enabled investment in a shared IT platform for database and data analytics, which was implemented before AI and ambient listening existed and has since become a core competitive advantage through data structuring and leverage.
What if oncology practices didn't have to choose between independence and scale?In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Jeff Patton, CEO of OneOncology and Executive Chairman of Tennessee Oncology.Jeff co-founded OneOncology to help community practices maintain physician-led decision-making while gaining access to the capital, infrastructure, and operational support needed to stay competitive.We explore what physician independence really means when outside capital is involved, why running a successful oncology practice has become increasingly complex, and how community practices can build the infrastructure to deliver high-quality care at scale.We also discuss what he's learned from scaling technology across dozens of practices and what AI is doing to accelerate this transformation.If you want to understand where community oncology is heading and what it will take for physician-led practices to remain independent, this conversation offers a practical look at how community oncology is being reshaped.Covered in this episode:What physician independence really means in modern oncology.The role private equity and outside capital can play in supporting community practices.Why the economics of hospital and community oncology can look so different.The impact of 340B and the implications for patients.When community versus academic care may be more appropriate.What AI could do to reduce the burden on oncology clinicians.If you got value from this episode of Beyond the Chart, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you don’t miss the next one.LEARN MOREOneOncology - https://www.oneoncology.com/ DeepScribe - https://www.deepscribe.ai/ CONNECTDr. Jeff Patton on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-patton-md-ab6ba05/ Matthew Ko on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/komatthew/ LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6IQlU4UeNKLLM4Y1lPTaOV?si=33679e9eb2294adfApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-chart-exploring-the-ai-frontier-for-on
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What if oncology practices didn't have to choose between independence and scale?In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Jeff Patton, CEO of OneOncology and Executive Chairman of Tennessee Oncology.Jeff co-founded OneOncology to help community practices maintain physician-led decision-making while gaining access to the capital, infrastructure, and operational support needed to stay competitive.We explore what physician independence really means when outside capital is involved, why running a successful oncology practice has become increasingly complex, and how community practices can build the infrastructure to deliver high-quality care at scale.We also discuss what he's learned from scaling technology across dozens of practices and what AI is doing to accelerate this transformation.If you want to understand where community oncology is heading and what it will take for physician-led practices to remain independent, this conversation offers a practical look at how community oncology is being reshaped.Covered in this episode:What physician independence really means in modern oncology.The role private equity and outside capital can play in supporting community practices.Why the economics of hospital and community oncology can look so different.The impact of 340B and the implications for patients.When community versus academic care may be more appropriate.What AI could do to reduce the burden on oncology clinicians.If you got value from this episode of Beyond the Chart, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you don’t miss the next one.LEARN MOREOneOncology - https://www.oneoncology.com/ DeepScribe - https://www.deepscribe.ai/ CONNECTDr. Jeff Patton on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-patton-md-ab6ba05/ Matthew Ko on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/komatthew/ LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6IQlU4UeNKLLM4Y1lPTaOV?si=33679e9eb2294adfApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-chart-exploring-the-ai-frontier-for-oncology/id1832485207YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@deepscribeinc.5623
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