AI Is in Your Healthcare Now. Here’s What to Know

About this episode

Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the role of AI in healthcare with Dr. Bob Wachter, exploring its benefits and risks.

More people are turning to AI for health advice, but how reliable is it? Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with Dr. Bob Wachter, author of "A Giant Leap," to unpack how AI is already helping patients and doctors, where it can go wrong, and how to use these tools safely without over relying on them. Dr. Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon and member of the National Academy of Medicine’s AI Code of Conduct Steering Committee. He has previously provided limited consulting to OpenEvidence as a medical advisor. Our show was produced by Kyra Dahring with support from Jennifer Lai and Elizabeth Corallo Medical Writer: Andrea KaneSenior Producer: Dan BloomTechnical Director: Dan Dzula Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Guest: Dr. Bob Wachter

Topics covered

• AI in healthcare
• health advice
• patient care
• doctor tools
• safety in AI

Keywords

• AI
• healthcare
• Dr. Sanjay Gupta
• Dr. Bob Wachter
• patient safety
• health advice
• technology in medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN Podcasts

Books & works: A Giant Leap

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