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AI MD Ep. 1: Law, Ethics, and the Future of AI in Medicine
AI MD (Leah Katz & Ramez Kouzy) 34 min
About This Resource
In the debut episode of AI MD, hosts Leah Katz and Ramez Kouzy sit down with Glenn Cohen, JD, Harvard Law professor and world expert in bioethics and health law. They discuss his provocative New England Journal of Medicine paper on how AI tools could transform not just patient care but the way clinicians themselves are monitored, measured, and managed. From autonomy and accountability to bias and burnout, they explore what happens when medicine becomes datafied.
Key takeaways
- How AI tools could lead to increased clinician surveillance
- The tension between AI-driven quality metrics and physician autonomy
- Legal and ethical frameworks for AI in clinical practice
- The risk of clinicians becoming 'quantified workers'
- Balancing accountability with preventing AI-driven burnout
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