A Giant Leap

Despite decades of investment, healthcare has been slow to embrace a digital transformation. Inefficiencies and problems with electronic health records persist. With the rise of AI, is healthcare finally at a turning point?

Join us for a CHM Live book talk with Robert Wachter, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF and one of the nation’s leading voices on healthcare innovation. In his new book, A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future, Wachter explores how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape medicine—from reducing administrative burden and clinician burnout to improving diagnosis, communication, and patient care.

But AI's power to read and synthesize vast amounts of medical data comes with risk. Wachter and journalist Katie Hafner will discuss both the promise and the peril of AI in healthcare.

• A clear look at how AI is already changing healthcare—and where it’s headed next.
• Insight into opportunities and risks of AI in high-stakes, real-world settings.
• A thoughtful discussion of trust, human judgment, and the future of the doctor–patient relationship.

This program is made possible by the generous support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.

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