Can AI fix health care?

AI 颠覆医疗保健行业

Money Talks from The Economist

2026-04-02

36 分钟
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Despite their efforts, Silicon Valley’s disruptors have left America’s $5trn health industry untouched. Now, AI may be about to change that. Founders and their investors want doctors and patients to focus more on prevention and less on cure. But are they really the people to fix a broken health-care system? Guests and hosts: Shailesh Chitnis, The Economist’s global business writer Mike Bird, co-host of “Money Talks” Alice Fulwood, co-host of “Money Talks” Vijay Pande, managing partner at VZ.VC Nate Gross, head of health at OpenAI Topics covered: Health tech Silicon Valley Artificial intelligence Transcripts of our podcasts are available via economist.com/podcasts. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
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  • The Economist.

  • Salesforce, Walmart, Paramount, UPS, YouTube and Meta have all announced new rounds of layoffs attributable to AI

  • with nearly 1 million job cuts nationwide this year.

  • AI is upending industries and unsettling the corporate world.

  • Millions of roles involving repetitive tasks from clerical positions to logistics could vanish in the next decade.

  • But in spite of all this, there's one sector that's remained largely unscathed, and that's healthcare.

  • But that could all be about to change.

  • Agent Force helps healthcare providers prevent medical mishaps.

  • It's what AI was meant to be.

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  • So could your next doctor's appointment be with Claude or ChatGPT?

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