Cognitive Atrophy Is a Leadership Crisis: Mohan Nair on Why Healthcare's AI Obsession Is Costing Us Our Best Thinking

About this episode

Mohan Nair discusses the implications of AI on cognitive skills and the healthcare leadership landscape.

People in this episode

Host: Megan Antonelli

Guest: Mohan Nair

Topics covered

• AI in healthcare
• cognitive atrophy
• leadership
• physician-patient relationship
• technology impact

Keywords

• AI
• cognitive atrophy
• healthcare leadership
• physician-patient relationship
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Health Impact Live, Cambia Health Solutions

Books & works: Unreachable: How Not to Lose Your Mind in an AI-Obsessed Era

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