Robert (Bob) Wachter, MD - Latest News and Information
I've spent a lot of time thinking about UK healthcare (incl. chairing a 2016 NHS task force on digital transformation). Great to speak to top UK health policy journalist Alastair McLellan @HSJEditor for @HSJnews podcast on healthcare AI & "A Giant Leap." https://t.co/405niKFMuO
Nice piece @axios by @caitlinnowens on the use of AI by docs for diagnosis. She describes her mom's amyloid (rare & oft-missed multisystem illness) misdiagnosis. I'm not 100% sure AI would have helped, but it does have some unique skills...
A great discussion by the brilliant @AdamRodmanMD on the new study of @Google 's AMIE (medical AI) tool, including the study's limitations. Bottom line is the tool's performance is impressive and getting better, but it's still best thought of as...
The healthcare AI landscape gets more dynamic and interesting each day. My conversation with @royperlis, Harvard/MGH prof and AI editor @JAMA_current, on where the field is today, implications for doctors and med education, and more. https://t.co/RFGoldtuXa
My latest Substack: Why predictions that radiologists will be replaced by AI (including, famously, by genAI founding father and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton) have been wildly off base, and what that teaches us about job replacement for doctors. https://t.co/hz2gKz6Ewh https://t.co/waJUY22Qk1
I've known @dmgorenstein for 2 decades and have always found him to be extraordinarily thoughtful – not afraid to ask tough questions and to grapple with nuance and, yes, tradeoffs. It was great to chat with him on his @tradeoffspod...
I loved my interview with legendary business analyst & founder of "Business Insider", Henry Blodget (@hblodget), on his podcast, "Solutions." Lots of smart questions about AI and healthcare, and how it'll change what it means to be a doctor and...
@PBS: Five things to consider before asking a chatbot for health advice (by @AP_FDAwriter). Among them: ask two different AIs and see if they agree; don't stay home if you have red flag symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath....
I’ll be joining a Zoom discussion hosted by Roon on March 5, 1:30-2:30 ET. We'll discuss how clinicians are using AI in actual practice and the implications. I'll be joined by 3 eminent colleagues: Mandy Cohen, Sara Murray, & Spencer...
I enjoyed working with an all-star team – the great @LisaRotenstein @UCSF and @DBatesSafety of @BrighamWomens – on this paper describing how to measure return on investment (ROI) for clinician-facing AI tools. @JAMAInternalMed https://t.co/uvhb1qI7mG
Really enjoyed this conversation with @MaikenScott on her @NPR show, @WHYYThePulse, about my book, "A Giant Leap" and how AI will shape the future of medicine. https://t.co/Nw17vwApkg
