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Justin Norden discusses how healthcare can learn from the autonomous vehicle industry regarding AI deployment and safety.

Autonomous vehicles may be the closest real-world example of AI operating in life-and-death situations at scale. Justin Norden believes healthcare has a lot to learn from how that industry approached safety, testing, adoption, and trust.  This week, Michael and Halle sit down with the founder and CEO of Qualified Health, fresh off the company’s $125 million Series B, to discuss why healthcare organizations need to think differently about deploying AI. Justin shares how his experience at Stanford, Apple, Waymo, and in healthcare investing shaped his view that health systems need AI infrastructure, governance, and workforce buy-in, not just another point solution. We cover: What healthcare can learn from Waymo’s approach to safe AI deployment What founders need to understand about building around Epic Why health systems need to treat AI as a CEO-level priority, not an innovation project How Qualified Health is helping systems deploy, monitor, and measure AI workflows Why governance, safety, and ROI matter as much as model performance Why clinicians are right to be skeptical about AI liability About our guest: Justin Norden, MD is Co-Founder and CEO of Qualified Health building…

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Hosts: Michael, Halle

Guest: Justin Norden

Topics covered

• AI in healthcare
• autonomous vehicles
• safety and governance
• health system infrastructure
• AI deployment
• healthcare innovation

Keywords

• AI
• healthcare
• Waymo
• safety
• governance
• Qualified Health
• Epic
• innovation
• autonomous vehicles

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Organizations: Qualified Health, Stanford, Apple, Waymo, Epic

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