Health & Veritas Max Laurans: An Entrepreneurial Life in Medicine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Max Laurans, a Yale neurosurgeon and hospital administrator, and a founder of the healthcare staffing company Nomad Health. Harlan discusses the problem of doctors giving too much weight to suggestions from AI; Howie celebrates a milestone in the campaign to eliminate trachoma, a common cause of preventable blindness in the developing world.
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Automation Bias
“Some doctors are using public AI chatbots like ChatGPT in clinical decisions. Is it safe?”
“Automation Bias and Assistive AI: Risk of Harm From AI-Driven Clinical Decision Support”
“Combining Human Expertise with Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Evidence from Radiology”
Max Laurans
Maxwell Laurans, MD, MBA, FAANS
Nomad Health: Travel Nurse and Travel Allied Health Jobs
2003 residency placements for Yale medical students
“Yale New Haven Hospital breaks ground on $838 million, 505,000 square foot Neurosciences Center”
“Hospitals across the U.S. face IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene”
Trachoma
“Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in India”
The Carter Center: Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope
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