KFF's The Business of Health with Chip Kahn

AI at Scale: Does It Deliver?

Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT

How is AI applied to clinical care and hospital operations across a real health system at full scale? Chip Kahn talks to Dr. Michael Schlosser, Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at HCA Healthcare, about how AI is developed for everyday use, starting with careful testing and customization, with clinicians and nurses engaged from the very beginning as end users.

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AI: As Much Peril As Promise?

Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT

What does AI mean for patients in bed and doctors at the bedside? Host Chip Kahn and guest Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, discuss whether AI will produce a different kind of doctor in the future — a “clinician curator rather than a clinician-diagnostician.” The answer could define the future of medicine and the doctor-patient relationship.

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When Minutes Matter, What Is AI’s Role?

Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT

When minutes matter for a patient’s care, what is AI’s role in clinical practice? Elad Walach, co-founder and CEO of Aidoc — a company with a comprehensive AI health care platform that analyzes real-time images and flags time-sensitive findings — shares his perspective on AI’s transformative power in dodging diagnostic error, improving access to care, and ensuring care quality in busy clinical settings.

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What AI Can Do — And What It Can’t

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT

The data is good enough, the technology is getting better, the computing is becoming more available, and the use cases are getting clearer—but is AI truly a revolutionary technological advancement yet for health care? With a 30-year perspective on what digital technology has done and failed to do in health care, Dr. John Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform, joins Chip in discussing whether AI is actually disruptive or another wave of incremental change.

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Health Care’s AI Disruption, Ready or Not

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:12 GMT

The AI revolution is already here — but what does it mean for patients, clinicians, and health care industry leaders? Eric Larsen, veteran health care strategist and longtime advisor to CEOs across the industry, joins host Chip Kahn for a discussion about why the U.S. health care industry is uniquely exposed to AI-driven disruption and the implications for patients, clinicians, and the health care workforce. Listen to Larsen's take on "the most consequential technology humanity’s ever developed."

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Why KFF Is Launching a Podcast on the Business of Health

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

To kick off our new show, KFF’s Business of Health with Chip Kahn, KFF’s Drew Altman explains how KFF is continually evolving to research, analyze, and lead on health policy. Chip and Drew discuss how our new podcast will break down the business side of health care, artificial intelligence, and what it all means for health care delivery and patients.

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KFF's The Business of Health with Chip Kahn (Trailer)

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:27:49 GMT

Learn about KFF's new weekly podcast featuring insightful conversations between host Chip Kahn and his guests, who discuss the business of health care, connecting the dots between the health care business, policy, and patients.

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