Can AI Reduce Medical Errors?

Are medical errors still one of healthcare’s biggest failures?

In this clip from our episode “One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI”, host John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of A Giant Leap, about how AI could help reduce diagnostic mistakes at scale

🎙️⚕️ABOUT ROBERT WACHTER
Robert Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Author of 300 articles and 6 books, he coined the term “hospitalist,” the fastest-growing medical specialty in U.S. history. He is past-president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, past-chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked him as one of the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S. more than a dozen times; he was #1 on the list in 2015.

His 2015 book, "The Digital Doctor," was a New York Times bestseller. His new book, "A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future," was published by Portfolio/Penguin in 2026.

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