Why AI is Medicine's Future (Not Its Replacement) | Dr. Ami Bhatt

About this episode

Dr. Ami Bhatt discusses the role of AI in medicine and how it can enhance rather than replace clinicians' work.

AI is making people in medicine nervous. Doctors worry it's going to replace them. But Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology and Chair of the FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee, has a different take. She explains what collaborative intelligence actually means and why clinicians shouldn't be scared. We talk about how wearables are giving women the data they need to advocate for themselves when doctors dismiss them. We also get into the bias that's built into AI algorithms and what it means when the technology learns your preferences. Women are adopting AI faster than men. Data is validating symptoms doctors ignore. And understanding how AI works is becoming essential to being a good clinician. This episode is about how technology and medicine can actually work together. Dr. Bhatt and I discuss what the reality of what clinicians face: in 20 minutes with a patient, you're trying to absorb electronic health records, current guidelines, recent research, their life circumstances, and now wearable data. It's impossible for one brain to hold all of that. That's where collaborative intelligence comes in. AI organizes the information so you can…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sameena Rahman

Guest: Dr. Ami Bhatt

Topics covered

• AI in medicine
• collaborative intelligence
• wearable technology
• women's health
• data validation
• bias in AI

Keywords

• AI
• medicine
• wearables
• collaborative intelligence
• women's health
• data
• bias
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American College of Cardiology, FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee

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