Practical AI in Healthcare
Practical AI in Healthcare
Steven Labkoff

Practical AI in Healthcare

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AI promises to transform healthcare—but real, scalable impact remains rare. Practical AI in Healthcare cuts through the noise to showcase real-world use cases delivering business value today. Hosted by senior leaders— former VPs of life science technology groups, clinical informatics professionals from top-tier organizations, and a former Big Four consultant—each episode features candid conversations with the people making AI work inside the healthcare enterprise
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S1, E 19 - Dr. Alvin Liu and AI Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
11 January 2026

S1, E 19 - Dr. Alvin Liu and AI Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

In this episode of Practical AI in Healthcare, we sit down with Dr. Alvin Liu, retinal surgeon and Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University, to explore one of the earliest and most successful real-world deployments of medical AI.Dr. Liu walks us through the evolution of autonomous AI for diabetic retinopathy screening, from FDA approval to large-scale...
S1, E18 - Tiffany Leung, MD - Scientific Editorial Director, JMIR
04 January 2026

S1, E18 - Tiffany Leung, MD - Scientific Editorial Director, JMIR

In this episode of Practical AI in Healthcare, we sit down with Dr. Tiffany Leung, Scientific Editorial Director at JMIR Publications, to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping scientific publishing from the inside out. As open access journals face unprecedented volumes of submissions, AI is simultaneously enabling faster discovery and creating new challenges around research integrity,...
S1, E17: Kathy Roe & Kenny White: The Legal Realities of AI in Healthcare
21 December 2025

S1, E17: Kathy Roe & Kenny White: The Legal Realities of AI in Healthcare

In this episode, Steven Labkoff and Leon Rozenblit explore the legal, regulatory, and risk-management challenges introduced by AI with two top experts in the field: Kathy Roe, Principal at Health Law Consultancy, and Kenny White, Director of the Managed Care Industry Group at Alliant Insurance Services. Together, they unpack how AI intersects with medical malpractice, product liability, HIPAA...
S1, E16: Reflections II - Episodes 9-15
14 December 2025

S1, E16: Reflections II - Episodes 9-15

In our second Reflections episode, Steve Labkoff and Leon Rozenblit synthesize the most meaningful insights from guests across Episodes 9–15. Drawing on conversations with Orr Inbar, Martin Leach, Ing Ho, Yuri Quintana, and patient advocate E-Patient Dave, this episode highlights the themes shaping practical AI adoption in today’s healthcare landscape.Key topics include the inflection point AI...
S1, E15 - Adam Rodman: Rethinking Clinical Reasoning in the Age of AI
07 December 2025

S1, E15 - Adam Rodman: Rethinking Clinical Reasoning in the Age of AI

We just released one of the most intellectually energizing conversations we’ve had on Practical AI in Healthcare. Our guest this week is Dr. Adam Rodman, physician, informatician, historian of medicine, and one of the most original thinkers at the intersection of AI and clinical reasoning.Adam brings a rare perspective to the field: before becoming an AI researcher, he spent years studying how...
S1, E14 - Orr Inbar, CEO Quant Health - AI Simulations of Clinical Trials
30 November 2025

S1, E14 - Orr Inbar, CEO Quant Health - AI Simulations of Clinical Trials

Practical AI in Healthcare just released one of our most eye-opening conversations yet, featuring Orr Inbar, CEO & Co-Founder of QuantHealth.QuantHealth is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in clinical development with AI-driven clinical trial simulation. Orr walked us through how modern deep learning, massive biological knowledge graphs, and patient-level real-world data can now...
S1, E13 - Part 2 of 2: Dr. Yin Ho's discussion of her new book, Rushing Headlong: Health IT’s Legacy and the Road to Responsible AI
23 November 2025

S1, E13 - Part 2 of 2: Dr. Yin Ho's discussion of her new book, Rushing Headlong: Health IT’s Legacy and the Road to Responsible AI

In the conclusion of our two-part conversation with Dr. Yin Ho, author of Rushing Headlong: Health IT’s Legacy and the Road to Responsible AI, we explore how healthcare can avoid repeating its digital past. Dr. Ho and hosts Dr. Steven Labkoff and Dr. Leon Rozenblit dive into small language models, decision support vs. decision control, the pitfalls of ambient scribing, and why “rage-building” the...
S1, E12: Part 1 of 2: Dr. S. Yin Ho discusses her new book
16 November 2025

S1, E12: Part 1 of 2: Dr. S. Yin Ho discusses her new book

The newest episode of Practical AI in Healthcare features Dr. Yin Ho—physician, entrepreneur, and author of Rushing Headlong: Health IT's Legacy and the Road to Responsible AI.In Part 1 of our two-part conversation, Dr. Ho joins Dr. Steven Labkoff and Dr. Leon Rozenblit to unpack 25 years of digital health transformation—from the dawn of electronic medical records to the market and policy forces...
S1, E11: Dr. Yuri Quintana from the DCI Network reviews our latest Meeting
09 November 2025

S1, E11: Dr. Yuri Quintana from the DCI Network reviews our latest Meeting

Dr. Yuri Quintana, Director of the Division of Clinical Informatics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, joins us this week to discuss the DCI Network’s mission: turning AI in healthcare from theory into practice.The conversation traces DCI’s evolution as a multi-stakeholder “action tank” focused on collaboration, transparency, and patient safety. Quintana recounts the success of the Signal...
S1, E10: AI in Healthcare: A Patient's Perspective with ePatient Dave
02 November 2025

S1, E10: AI in Healthcare: A Patient's Perspective with ePatient Dave

In this episode of Practical AI in Healthcare, Dr. Steven Labkoff and Dr. Leon Rozenblit speak with ePatient Dave DeBronkart, a globally recognized advocate for patient empowerment. Dave shares his journey from a life-threatening kidney cancer diagnosis in 2007 to becoming one of the earliest champions of open data, patient access to medical records, and of late, patient use of AI tools to help...