The Beat AI @ HLTH : Leaning In on AI Without the Hype
In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Dr. Zayed Yasin, MD, Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Writer, for a thoughtful and practical conversation about what AI really means for healthcare today. Drawing on his background as a clinician, Dr. Yasin shares how AI can eliminate the “boring” aspects of the job, allowing teams to focus on what matters most: patients and outcomes. Together, they delve into building effective clinical programs in value-based care, leveraging AI for payers, exploring real-world case studies, and examining why many organizations struggle with implementation. If you’re curious about where AI is delivering real ROI right now (and why the best way to learn is to lean in and start working), this episode is for you.
In this episode, they talk about:
- Dr. Yasin’s background as a clinician and his interest in AI
- AI will help people focus on what’s really important while taking away the boring parts of the job
- Building the clinical program at a value-based care organization
- How to make these programs work for payers
- Writer case studies using this technology
- Why organizations struggle with implementing AI
- Future big use cases in AI
- Lean in hard; you don’t start learning until you start working
- ROI can be attained quickly in places with very little risk
- Unless you’re an AI company, you’re not an AI company
A Little About Dr. Yasin:
Dr. Yasin runs the Healthcare and Life Sciences group at Writer, the end-to-end platform for enterprises scaling AI. After leaving academic emergency medicine, he built telemedicine and VBC businesses before leading Writer's HCLS AI transformation efforts.