Alter Everything 202: The State of AI in Healthcare and how to know when AI Is ‘Good Enough’
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Mar 18, 2026 Dr. Ami Bhatt, a cardiologist and innovation leader shaping digital health and policy, joins to discuss AI in clinical care. She explores AI for administrative automation, EKG-based low-cost signals, drug discovery, and ambient documentation. Short, concrete takes on collaborative intelligence, triage vs full diagnosis, and practical paths to scale health tech.
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AI Needs Clinical, Innovation, And Policy Alignment
- Healthcare AI must bridge clinical practice, innovation, and policy to improve prevention and population health.
- Dr. Ami Bhatt focuses on 'high level cardiovascular care in the communities where people live' as her North Star guiding AI efforts.
Navigating To Knowledge Beats Automated Decisions
- AI's sweet spot is 'navigating to knowledge' by aggregating EHRs, wearables, guidelines and patient reports for better clinical conversations.
- Dr. Ami Bhatt prefers AI that organizes information for clinicians rather than a system that tells clinicians what to do.
Doctor Confused By Mixed ChatGPT Context
- A clinician left a generative AI chat running and subsequent unrelated prompts caused dangerous mixed-context medical advice.
- Dr. Ami Bhatt used this story to warn clinicians: don't input patient data into non-approved generative AI and learn how to use these tools safely.