AI in Healthcare: Why Hospitals Are Moving Cautiously Toward Consolidation with Dr. Bob Wachter
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Wachter reflects on the rapidly evolving AI landscape, contrasting big-tech model races with the unique dynamics of healthcare, where Epic and the EHR remain central. They discuss AI’s role in clinical workflows, digital scribes, decision support, and consumer-facing tools, highlighting issues of trust, safety, liability, and consolidation. Wachter emphasizes cautious but steady adoption, the inevitability of AI-powered practice, and the tension between innovation and incumbent platforms.
In this episode of the Stanford AI and Healthcare podcast, hosts Matt Lungren and Justin Norden interview Dr. Bob Wachter, Chair of Medicine at UCSF and author of The Digital Doctor and The Giant Leap.
Learn more about Stanford's Healthcare AI programs: https://stanford.io/3NEt7uE