# Healthcare AI's 'Giant Leap' with Dr. Bob Wachter

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Podcast: [Healthcare AI Pioneers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthcare-ai-pioneers-7723781)
Published: 2026-04-27T11:44:00+00:00
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## Resource

Jesse chat s with Dr. Bob Wachter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco . Together, they discuss Bo b 's new book, A Giant Leap : How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future ; why the current healthcare AI boom is different from the many past waves of health tech hype ; unintended consequences of electronic health records and lessons from the EHR rollout that could guide AI deployment in healthcare; the balance between AI replacing doctors and assisting them; what's preventing AI from reliably outperforming human clinicians; how healthcare systems can guard against automation bias; what healthcare could look like if th is "giant leap" succeeds; and much more. Get Bob's new book, A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future . Jesse also reflects on this key headline : From BBC News, AI chatbots for medical advice can be risky and even dangerous , according to research from the University of Oxford. In our Resource Link segment, we list one valuable resource you might want to check out . To view this link , subscribe , or find out more info rmation about our podcast, visit www.HealthcareAIPioneers.com . Want to be a spon sor, marketing p artner, or guest, or provide feedback on the podcast ? E mail us a t Info@HealthcareAIPioneers.com . Music by Turning Pages from Pixabay .

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