Archive for June 2026
The Man Who Freed the Data Is Now Measuring Its Values
When you give a 13-year-old’s growth-hormone case to GPT-4 and tell it “you’re a pediatric endocrinologist,” it recommends treatment. Start a fresh session, change one phrase to “you work for the insurance company,” and the same model says don’t treat. Same patient, same facts, opposite answer. “Just by changing the prompt of the role, we…
Read MoreThe Patient Is the Forgotten End-User of Clinical AI
When Fred Bennett’s father came home from a cardiology follow-up, the family held an impromptu debrief in the car. Fred, a pharma veteran, heard “new medications, let’s hit the pharmacy.” His mother heard “Mediterranean diet, let’s clean out the fridge.” His father heard one thing only: “the doctor said I can have cake.” Three people.…
Read MoreThe Patient Who Stopped Waiting and Built It Himself
For more than a decade, Hugo Campos was one of the most recognized voices in the patient-data movement. He fought for the right to read the data coming off the implantable defibrillator in his own chest. He gave talks. He escalated. At one point he and Josh Mandel opened Chrome’s developer tools, diagnosed exactly why…
Read MoreWhen an AI Agent Has the Same Data Rights as Your Doctor
Most companies building AI for healthcare run into the same obstacle, and it isn’t the model. It’s the electronic health record. The data lives there, the clinical workflow lives there, and getting a third-party tool to plug in and actually work is where things stall. So it was worth hearing from someone who helps write…
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