This week on Pulse: Hot Topics, how much of healthcare are we ready to hand over to AI?
Louise and George look at OpenAI's new connection to Epic and what it could mean for the future of the electronic health record; new Australian data showing AI is rapidly becoming a front door to healthcare; and a provocative paper challenging whether keeping a “human in the loop” really makes AI safer.
They also explore a very different model of human-AI collaboration, with AI assisting neurosurgeons during brain tumour surgery, and the FDA's authorisation of the first wearable to continuously monitor both glucose and ketones.
Plus: why trust and health-data literacy aren't keeping pace with AI adoption, and the FDA's vision for the home as a healthcare hub.
Resources:
OpenAI — Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT
LinkPwC Australia — Voice of the Consumer 2026: Fit and Informed
LinkAustralian Digital Health Agency — My Health Record use surges as Agency improves access for clinicians
LinkMitchell, Ghosh & Passi — AI Agents Push Humans Out of the Loop, arXiv
LinkThe Guardian — London neurosurgeons' AI-assisted brain tumour operation
LinkFDA — Authorizes First Wearable Device That Continuously Monitors Both Ketone Levels and Blood Sugar
LinkFDA — Home as a Health Care Hub initiative
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