Episode Description
Explore the AI literacy crisis in healthcare with Dr. Steve Labkoff, focusing on AI governance, ethical leadership, and responsible AI strategy. Learn how leaders can navigate AI democratization and clinical AI implementation to ensure trustworthy AI systems that advance healthcare innovation and patient safety.
Dr. Steven Labkoff, physician executive and former VP at Bristol Myers Squibb, joins Chris Hutchins on The Signal Room to expose a growing crisis hiding in plain sight: senior healthcare leaders deploying powerful AI tools without the literacy to use them safely.
Drawing on decades at Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Dr. Labkoff breaks down why treating AI like a search engine is one of the most dangerous mistakes in modern medicine — and why "democratizing data" may be doing more harm than good.
In this episode:
- Why AI literacy is the most overlooked risk in healthcare leadership today
- What "data chemistry" means and why your AI is only as good as it
- The real dangers of over-trusting large language models in clinical care
- How pharma's failure to treat data as a product is holding the industry back
- Lessons from the front lines of Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and rare disease research
Whether you're a clinician, health tech professional, or just someone who cares about where medicine is headed, this conversation will change how you think about AI in the exam room and the boardroom.
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About The Signal Room: The Signal Room is a podcast and communications platform exploring leadership, ethics, and innovation in healthcare and artificial intelligence. Hosted by Christopher Hutchins, Founder and CEO of Hutchins Data Strategy Consultants. Leadership, ethics, and innovation, amplified.
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