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.
Links:
Automation Bias
“Some doctors are using public AI chatbots like ChatGPT in clinical decisions. Is it safe?” (www.fierceheal...)
“Measuring the Impact of AI in the Diagnosis of Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Clinical Vignette Survey Study” (jamanetwork.co...)
“Automation Bias and Assistive AI: Risk of Harm From AI-Driven Clinical Decision Support” (jamanetwork.co...)
“Combining Human Expertise with Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Evidence from Radiology” (www.nber.org/p...)
Max Laurans
Maxwell Laurans, MD, MBA, FAANS (www.yalemedici...)
Nomad Health: Travel Nurse and Travel Allied Health Jobs (nomadhealth.com/)
2003 residency placements for Yale medical students (medicine.yale....)
“Yale New Haven Hospital breaks ground on $838 million, 505,000 square foot Neurosciences Center” (www.ynhh.org/n...)
“Hospitals across the U.S. face IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene” (www.cbsnews.co...)
Trachoma
Mayo Clinic: Trachoma (www.mayoclinic...)
“Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in India” (www.who.int/ne...)
The Carter Center: Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope (www.cartercent...)
Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM (som.yale.edu/p...) .
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