# AI in Healthcare: How Scribes Became Healthcare’s Biggest AI Use Case

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Podcast: [The Gist Healthcare Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322)
Published: 2026-04-20T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/gisthealthcaredaily/episodes/how-scribes-became-healthcares-biggest-ai-use-case
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## Resource

Artificial intelligence in healthcare is often discussed in terms of what it might do. But, in some areas, it’s already being put to use.  In Part 2 of a three-part series, host J. Carlisle Larsen continues her conversation with Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and author of  A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future .   This episode focuses on AI scribes—one of the first use cases gaining traction across health systems—and what they reveal about how this technology is being adopted in practice.  Wachter explains why scribes have emerged as an early success and what they signal about where AI may go next.  You can listen to the first half of the conversation  here .   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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