Dr. Jones, triple board-certified in general pediatrics, pediatric hospital medicine and clinical informatics, is a leader of digital transformation across Sutter Health’s hospitals, foundations and medical groups. She served as senior author of a landmark JAMA Network Open study demonstrating that ambient AI reduced clinical documentation time from 6.2 to 5.3 minutes per appointment, lowered burnout rates from 42.1% to 35.1% and improved job satisfaction for 78% of clinicians. Under her leadership, Sutter Health piloted and scaled the Abridge AI listening tool, enhancing patient-provider interaction and reducing cognitive load for nearly half of participating physicians. As former medical director of digital health, she led enhancements to the “My Health Online” patient portal, contributing to 19% of ambulatory and 83% of lab appointments being scheduled online in 2024. Appointed CMIO in 2025, Dr. Jones now drives enterprisewide Epic EHR optimization, digital health strategy and AI integration while continuing as a pediatric hospitalist, virtualist and adjunct faculty member at Stanford University.
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Becker's Recognition
Veena Jones, MDhas been named a Becker's honoree on the lists below.
2025 Winner

