About Ashoo Review

Every few decades, medicine gets a new technology that promises to change everything.

Artificial intelligence may be one of them. Or it may end up joining a long list of innovations that generated more headlines than impact.

The truth is that nobody knows yet.

What we do know is that AI is already showing up in hospitals, clinics, medical education, documentation, diagnostics, and healthcare administration. Physicians are being asked to use these tools, health systems are being asked to buy them, and patients are increasingly encountering them.

Bold claims, product launches, and predictions often dominate the conversation. I’m more interested in what is happening right now.

I’m Sam Ashoo, an emergency physician, medical educator, and clinical informaticist. I spend my days thinking about medicine as it is practiced at the bedside and how technology affects the people delivering care.

This publication examines the evidence, incentives, risks, successes, failures, and unintended consequences of AI in healthcare.

Some posts explore new technologies and products. Others focus on regulation, liability, patient safety, health policy, and the realities of implementation. Many begin with a simple question:

“What happens when this meets the real world?”

I don’t believe every new AI tool will change medicine.

I don’t believe AI is a passing fad.

Both ideas deserve scrutiny.

I aim to bring a physician’s perspective to a field that is moving quickly and often speaking past the people who will ultimately be responsible for using these systems in practice.

If you’re interested in where medicine, technology, and human judgment intersect, I hope you’ll join me.

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