About

Daniel Kortsch, M.D.

Physician executive · AI strategist · healthcare innovator, and the person behind ForwardEdge Solutions.

Daniel Kortsch, M.D.

The practice

A clinician, an informaticist, and a policy voice: all in one advisor

ForwardEdge Solutions is the consulting practice of Daniel Kortsch, M.D., a board-certified family physician and clinical informaticist who leads enterprise AI, machine-learning, generative-AI, and digital-health programs across a $1.4B safety-net health system.

His edge is a rare combination. He still thinks like a frontline clinician, builds like an informaticist (Epic Certified Physician Builder), and advises like a policymaker, co-authoring the national CHAI Responsible Health AI Guide and contributing to Colorado’s healthcare-AI regulatory work.

That triad means his guidance is grounded in clinical reality, technically credible, and aware of where regulation is heading, so the AI you deploy is, in his words, useful, ethical, and sustainable.

Credentials

The background behind the advice

M.D.University of Virginia School of Medicine
Board Certified: Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family Medicine
Board Certified: Clinical InformaticsAmerican Board of Preventive Medicine
Epic Certified Physician BuilderCertified & Advanced Physician Builder
Executive Education: MIT SloanArtificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
Associate ProfessorBiomedical Informatics & Family Medicine, CU School of Medicine

Recognition

Trusted voice in healthcare AI

Honored by peers, invited by industry forums, and sought out by the press for perspective on responsible AI in medicine.

82Bibliography items
135Speaking entries

Recognition

Colorado 500 Power ListColoradoBiz, 2026
Chair, Epic Cosmos Governing CouncilInternational, 2024–2025
“Voice of Innovation” Award2025
Castle Connolly & 5280 Top Doctor2025

Speaking & publications

HIMSS Global: CMIO RoundtableInvited panelist, 2025
Epic UGM / XGMInvited presentations
Co-author: CHAI Responsible Health AI GuideCoalition for Health AI, 2025
American Journal of Bioethics“Considerations for AI Usefulness in Healthcare,” 2026

Featured Insights

Seen across media, policy, and industry forums

Selected places where his healthcare AI perspective has been featured, cited, or brought into the conversation.

Modern Healthcare Becker's Hospital Review CDC Medscape HealthTech Magazine Fox News Media The Colorado Sun HIT Consultant HIMSS Coalition for Health AI

What we value

Principles the work runs on

INNOVATION

Let’s make your AI useful, ethical, and sustainable

Whether you’re standing up AI governance, rolling out ambient documentation, or rescuing a stalled pilot? Let’s talk about what good looks like for your organization.

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