
WHOOP Podcast How AI & Wearables Are Shaping The Future of Healthcare with Dr. Ami Bhatt
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Jan 28, 2026 Dr. Ami Bhatt, cardiologist and digital health leader who served as the first Chair of Digital Health at the FDA, discusses integrating AI, wearables, and policy into healthcare. Short takes cover AI as a tool, clinician training for AI, making wearable data clinically useful, patient data-sharing practices, and regulatory paths for health tech.
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FDA Is Building Infrastructure Not Just Rules
- The FDA is shifting from control to building safe infrastructure for digital health.
- The focus is approve-then-monitor with practical guardrails to enable community-based care.
Approve Then Monitor With Clear Metrics
- Regulators must approve tools and then continuously monitor post-implementation metrics.
- Partner with companies and researchers to define reasonable, ongoing outcome measurements.
Early Telemedicine Clinic Scaled During COVID
- Dr. Ami Bhatt started an early telemedicine clinic for adults with congenital heart disease who couldn't travel.
- COVID accelerated that work and let her scale outpatient visits dramatically within months.
