Healthcare runs on trust.
Technology runs on incentives.
This work examines where they collide.
Future-Primed Healthcare presents Dr. Barry Chaiken’s analysis of artificial intelligence, patient safety, and clinical workflow—focused on where trust, incentives, and real-world care delivery intersect.
AI Safety in Healthcare: Why Clinical Workflow Matters
Healthcare organizations are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence into clinical decision-making, often assuming that strong model performance ensures system safety. That assumption is flawed. Safety in...
Why Voluntary AI Guidance Falls Short
New research shows AI chatbots fail real patients. Voluntary healthcare AI frameworks cannot close the gap. Independent oversight is essential....
When AI Gets the Facts Backward
Last week, technology strategist Shelly Palmer published a cautionary account of artificial intelligence (AI) failing at a task many assume it performs reliably: fact-checking. Palmer...
Who Owns the Data That Trains Healthcare AI?
In December 2023, The New York Times filed suit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that millions of its articles had been used to train AI...
As Federal AI Guardrails Fall, Healthcare Must Build Its Own
In 1982, seven people died from cyanide-laced Tylenol in Chicago. Johnson & Johnson responded with full transparency, recalling all 31 million bottles—over $100 million of...
From Trust Covenant to Trust Compact in Healthcare AI
As 2025 draws to a close, I remain encouraged by the quiet, deliberate progress we have made in applying artificial intelligence to healthcare. This has...