LEVELS – A Whole New Level #298 - Why AI Won’t Replace Doctors—But Will Change Everything Else | Dr. Ami Bhatt + Mike Haney
May 7, 2026
Dr. Ami Bhatt, cardiologist and chief innovation officer at the American College of Cardiology, discusses wearables, prevention, and digital health policy. She explores how continuous data and AI can surface early signals, when tracking creates anxiety, and why collaborative intelligence—clinicians plus AI—may reshape diagnosis, trials, and care pathways.
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Baseline Learning Makes Continuous Data Actionable
- Continuous data is valuable if it learns a personal baseline and flags deviations tied to symptoms.
- Dr. Ami Bhatt recommends wearables be used in research and trials to validate which continuous signals truly matter clinically.
Avoid Wearable Anxiety With Rules And Breaks
- Acknowledge wearable-driven anxiety and build simple user rules like wearable breaks and short guidance nudges.
- Dr. Ami Bhatt tells patients to avoid unnecessary monitoring and teaches them to pause devices when obsession begins.
AI Should Guide Clinicians Not Replace Decisions
- AI's immediate wins are administrative automation, point-of-care knowledge retrieval, and imaging triage — not replacing clinician judgment.
- Dr. Ami Bhatt emphasizes AI should navigate clinicians to knowledge, not make clinical decisions.