Pattern Recognition
A monthly digest of key trends and developments in healthcare AI
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Slow Down AI. Just Not in Healthcare (opens the original)
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One of my most memorable moments while researching A Giant Leap came during my interview with Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo Clinic’s CEO, in his Rochester, Minnesota, office. I asked him whether he worried about going too fast and making a major misstep. After all, I said, Mayo has the best brand in all of healthcare – there’s a lot to lose.Farrugia responded without hesitation. “I think the risk of not going fast enough is far greater at this point than the risk of goi
Straw Men and Doormen, Revisited (opens the original)
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Since I published “On Straw Men and Doormen,” I’ve been having a spirited email exchange with Zeke Emanuel, Abe Baker-Butler, and Vinod and Neal Khosla, the authors of the JAMA piece on autonomous AI and the future role of physicians that prompted my Substack. Emanuel and Baker-Butler have now written a thoughtful and provocative response to my essay, which they’ve generously allowed me to share, below.We agree on more than th
On Straw Men and Doormen (opens the original)
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Last week’s JAMA piece by legendary investor Vinod Khosla, his son Neal (CEO of AI-enabled primary care start-up Curai, and, as of today, co-owner with Vinod of the Seattle Seahawks), Penn’s Zeke Emanuel, and Zeke’s research assistant Abe Baker-Butler garnered a lot of press.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2CRf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fp
ChatGPT Health (opens the original)
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Big tech companies have a long history of trying to disrupt healthcare and failing, often spectacularly. A new health-oriented tool released this week by OpenAI demonstrated how close they are to finally getting it right. Ironically, a lawsuit filed two days earlier highlighted one of the biggest landmines they’ll need to avoid to truly make their mark in healthcare.(Two disclosures: I am in the early stages of pitching a documentary on healthcare AI based on my book</a
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