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A monthly digest of key trends and developments in healthcare AI

Newsletter · By Robert Wachter · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    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

  2. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    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

  3. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    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

  4. Issue · Jul 25, 2026

    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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