{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Better Outcomes Show","title":"170: Evaluating AI in Healthcare","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1963,"description":"The Inference Line: How to categorize AI tools in healthcare\nIn this episode, I break down why “AI in healthcare” is too vague to be useful and introduce a practical framework for separating administrative tools from those that make clinical inferences. The episode matters for clinicians, healthcare leaders, compliance teams, regulators, and founders because the difference between a scribe and a decision-support or autonomous-action tool changes the risk, oversight, and validation required.\nKey topics covered in this episode:\nWhy the phrase “AI-powered healthcare” can describe very different tools, from ambient scribes to computer vision to clinical decision support. \n The “Inference Line,” a five-question framework for evaluating whether a tool makes a clinical inference. \n Defining a clinical inference as a judgment about a patient’s condition, risk, or care needs. \n The two broad categories for AI healthcare tools and how they differ. \n How two products marketed similarly, such as AI scribes, can have very different compliance and clinical risk profiles depending on whether they merely transcribe or also flag clinical issues.\n----\nFull episode note\nGrab the Full Framework here!\nPodcast: https://www.betteroutcomes.show\nGet a Book: \n\"Better Outcomes: A Guide to Humanizing Healthcare\": https://amzn.to/3M2UZ6x\n\"From Clinician to Something More\": https://amzn.to/4fpx69T\n\"From Clinician to Owner\": https://amzn.to/4u7fFOZ\nBook a call with me: https://calendly.com/rehabu/discovery\nConnect with Me: https://www.rafisalazar.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TRw7TPxyAwWympKv0xhI25HiRrQGqPAeghmslhuz_bI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kODg3/MjI5OGRmYWI3MGFm/MTMwYjI2Mzk3Yjk1/ZDIyNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}