How AI Could Strengthen the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Senior Fellow in Health Policy and Global Affairs at Yale School of Public Health
Could AI actually strengthen the doctor-patient relationship, instead of interfering with it? Raise the Line guest Dr. Ashwin Vasan, former NYC Health Commissioner, believes that outcome is possible if physicians play a central role in shaping how AI is designed and implemented. Join host Lindsey Smith for a timely and thoughtful conversation on one of the most consequential questions facing the healthcare system.
Raise the Line · Lindsey Smith, Dr. Ashwin Vasan
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How AI Could Strengthen the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Senior Fellow in Health Policy and Global Affairs at Yale School of Public Health and Affiliate Faculty at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
“Ultimately, AI needs to be a tool that doesn't break down trust or empathy or clinical judgment, but rather helps enhance those things.” That aspirational perspective from Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Senior Fellow in Health Policy and Global Affairs at the Yale School of Public Health and Affiliate Faculty at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, frames a nuanced conversation about one of healthcare’s most consequential changes. Drawing on his experience as New York City Health Commissioner during the COVID-19 crisis and decades in global and public health, Dr. Vasan argues that the future of AI in medicine should be shaped less by the technology itself than by the values guiding its implementation, and that physicians need to play an active role in this process. “I think it behooves us to engage with this technology and steer it in the directions that we want as a society.”
This timely discussion also offers Dr. Vasan’s thoughtful perspectives on:
- How AI could allow physicians to focus on the human side of care;
- The risks of AI reinforcing inequities and driving costs higher;
- Public health as the marriage of science, society and trust.
Join host Lindsey Smith for a valuable Raise the Line episode on how AI can be harnessed to benefit patients and provides alike.
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Yale Jackson School of Public Affairs
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