{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PULSE","title":"Healthcare’s Trust Paradox: AI Scribes, Augmented Humans, and the Rise of “Influencer Medicine”","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dcf9a5fc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2686,"description":"Welcome to Pulse: Hot Topics, where Louise and George unpack the big shifts shaping healthcare right now - from billion-dollar hype to human-level trust.Are AI Scribes The Billion-Dollar Burnout Band-Aid?Doctors adore them, investors can’t stop funding them - We dig into the paradox of technology that makes clinicians happy but might not be improving productivity—and why transparency is becoming urgent as these tools expand into agentic workflows.Chatbots in Therapy: When AI Joins the SessionFrom therapists secretly using ChatGPT mid-session, to patients uploading their medical records for advice, and one founder shutting down his AI therapy app over safety fears — can AI-mediated care ever truly be therapeutic?New Zealand’s Digital Déjà VuAfter a tough 2024, New Zealand’s back with a 10-year digital health plan, a new Centre for Modernisation, and a promise of one innovation a month. But with no funding announcement and an election looming, is this genuine commitment or just another round of hopeful planning? Tender watch is on.MIT’s Top 10 Breakthrough TechnologiesMIT Technology Review’s annual list has brain–computer interfaces voted readers’ #11 pick. Are BCIs about to finally enter their translation era? And would George drill a hole in his head for the tech?The BMJ vs. TikTok MedicineWhat happens when money, marketing, medicine, and misinformation collide? Raffael Heiss can tell you as he’s mapped it. Spoiler alert: it’s not god. Tina Purnat argues we can't regulate this away—we need to recognise the information environment as a determinant of health.Resources:AI Scribes paper, NEJM AI LinkNZ DH Strategy, Pulse+IT Story LinkMIT Technology Review’s Breakthrough Tech List LinkPublic health challenges of ‘medical influencers’ BMJ LinkVisit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news.Follow us...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ginMoGS3hqn_wPmED4GVbUcItqZ0PL_EoM4XXVarqQk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NmZj/MDVhYTU2MGFkYTM2/ODJhNzIwMmUzMWMx/Zjk1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}