AI, Wearables & Heart Health: Dr. Ami Bhatt on Personalized Prevention and Digital Medicine

Host Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience interviews Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology and chair of the FDA’s Digital Health Advisory Committee, about how AI and digital health can improve heart health. Dr. Bhatt explains why cardiology is well-suited to use AI due to its long history with data, imaging, and remote monitoring, and notes rising heart disease burden alongside a shrinking cardiology workforce. They discuss prevention, patient agency, and the role of wearables, emphasizing baselines, trends vs. “blips,” and managing health anxiety. Bhatt describes AI’s potential in ECG insights, cautions about limitations of large language models, and highlights promising innovation areas: drug/device discovery, agentic closed-loop systems for population health, and voice AI for post-discharge follow-up with clinician “rescue” pathways. Together, the interview further explores why fewer people enter medicine and the importance of the art and humanity of care.

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I’m Dian Griesel and in November of 2017 I began blogging as @SilverDisobedience on my website and @SilverDisobedience on ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ and @DianGriesel ⁠X⁠ Career-wise, I am a perception analyst, counselor, hypnotherapist, author of 16 books and a Wilhelmina model. For 30 years, via owning an investor & public relations firm, while being in private practice, I have helped my clients to achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally. A couple of years ago I added a podcast. Episodes are unscripted, with plenty of no-holds-barred revelations from fascinating, accomplished guests living diverse lives. Intimate stories about work, play, psychology, relationships, pop culture, trends, B.S. + more are unpacked through thought-provoking questions that spark honest revelations, pivotal moments, and unguarded insights — stunning even the boldest guests with their own “aha” truths. ✨

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Show Run:

00:00 AI Meets Heart Health
01:39 Why Cardiology Fits AI
02:30 Heart Disease and Prevention
06:44 Longevity and Patient Agency
10:54 Wearables and Health Anxiety
13:49 Personal Baselines and Trends
16:30 AI Reading the ECG
18:43 Trusting LLMs in Medicine
20:50 Collaborative Intelligence
21:43 Health Data Caution
21:58 Verify AI Sources
23:31 AI In Drug Discovery
24:11 Agentic Care Systems
25:26 Voice AI After Discharge
27:43 Robots And Dexterity
29:23 Why Fewer Cardiologists
30:58 Art Of Medicine
32:37 Upskilling Community Care
35:32 What Regulators Want Next
37:36 Heart Mind Connection
40:21 Leading Through Change
41:34 Personalized Health Engagement
42:17 Closing And Sign Off