AI is popping up in many corners of society, but how are doctors using it in their practice? We asked our physician listeners to call in, and many of you did. What we heard mirrored <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openevidence-ai-doctor-medical-physician-login-app-what-npi-uptodate-rcna341064" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">broad trends:</a> that more and more doctors are <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/well/doctors-using-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.ZVP0.9E9ijJs16Feu&smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">using AI tools</a> for diagnosis, paperwork, and getting up to speed on patients. But they also have concerns.
So <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ai-in-healthcare/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">how is AI changing medical care?</a> And how is it affecting patients? Joining Host Flora Lichtman to sort fact from hallucination is physician-computer scientist Jonathan Chen, who’s studied the <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/new-study-suggests-ai-outperforming-doctors-diagnostic-reasoning-complex-medical-assessments/19008328/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">accuracy of these models</a> and <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44401-025-00063-y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">how healthcare workers use them.</a>
Guest:
Dr. Jonathan Chen is an associate professor of medicine and director for Medical Education in Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University.
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