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SUMMARY:How AI is Transforming Healthcare
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DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Robert Wachter\, a leading authority on healthcare AI
 \, for a conversation with Katie Hafner about what AI's rapid transformati
 on means for patients\, clinicians\, and the future of health care..\nhttp
 s://beltib.libnet.info/event/16510146
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Schedule</strong>:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>
 5:30 PM - Wine &amp\; Cheese Reception</li>\n<li>6:00 PM - Dr. Robert Wach
 ter in Conversation with Journalist Katie Hafner\, followed by book signin
 g</li>\n</ul>\n<hr />\n<p>Curious about what artificial intelligence means
  for your health care? Join Dr. Robert Wachter\, Professor and Chair of th
 e Department of Medicine at UCSF\, in conversation with acclaimed journali
 st and author Katie Hafner about one of the most important transformations
  in modern medicine.</p>\n<p>Drawing from his new book\, <em><a href="http
 s://marinet.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S113C2680173">A Giant Leap: How AI
  Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future</a></em>\, 
 Dr. Wachter will discuss how AI is already changing patient care\, medical
  decision-making\, and the doctor-patient relationship\, and what these ch
 anges may mean for our daily lives.</p>\n<p>A nationally recognized expert
  on healthcare technology and patient safety\, Dr. Wachter brings clarity\
 , insight\, and real-world perspective to this fascinating and timely topi
 c.</p>\n<p><em>Books will be sold by&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.sausalitob
 ooksbythebay.com/">Sausalito Books by the Bay</a></em></p>\n<hr />\n<p><em
 ><strong>Robert M. Wachter\, M.D.</strong>\, is Professor and Chair of the
  Department of Medicine at UCSF. Author of 300 articles and 6 books\, he c
 oined the term &ldquo\;hospitalist&rdquo\; in 1996 and is often considered
  the &ldquo\;father&rdquo\; of the hospitalist field\, the fastest-growing
  medical specialty in U.S. history. He is a past president of the Society 
 of Hospital Medicine\, past chair of the American Board of Internal Medici
 ne\, a Master of the American College of Physicians\, and an elected membe
 r of the National Academy of Medicine.&nbsp\;</em>Modern Healthcare<em>&nb
 sp\;magazine has ranked him among the 50 most influential physician-execut
 ives in the United States more than a dozen times\; he was number one on t
 he list in 2015. His 2015 book\,&nbsp\;</em>The Digital Doctor: Hope\, Hyp
 e and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine&rsquo\;s Computer Age<em>\, was a&nbsp\
 ;New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller. His new book\,&nbsp\;</em><a href="https
 ://marinet.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S113C2680173">A Giant Leap: How AI 
 is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future</a><em>\, wa
 s an instant Amazon and&nbsp\;USA Today&nbsp\;national bestseller.</em><em
 ></em></p>\n<p><em><strong>Katie Hafner</strong> is an award-winning journ
 alist and author whose work has appeared in </em>The New York Times\, News
 week\, BusinessWeek\, Wired\, Esquire<em>\, and other major publications. 
 She is also the co-creator and host of the acclaimed podcast </em>Lost Wom
 en of Science<em>.</em></p>\nhttps://beltib.libnet.info/event/16510146
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