Reflections on AI, Healthcare and Beyond

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Why AI Agents Need More Than Guardrails in Healthcare
The Illusion of Control: Why Guardrails Alone Cannot Ensure Ethical AI in Medicine
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
Trust Is Not the Goal. It’s the Outcome
Why returning to our core mandates—and practicing trustworthiness over rhetoric—is essential for rebuilding global health systems
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
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What ‘Interstellar’ Can Teach Us About AI and Practical Innovation in Healthcare
Reflections on my way to HLTH 2024 Las Vegas
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
From Airports to Hospitals: Why America’s Systems Are Designed to Drive You Crazy
As I settle into my seat on my way to Rome from Boston, I immediately reminded that flying is a…
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
Nurses as Barriers to AI in Healthcare?
A Misconception
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
Social Participation and AI in Healthcare
At the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, a resolution was endorsed to embed regular and meaningful social participation in…
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
Rethinking Readiness: What 32% Tells Us About AI in Primary Care
Recent data indicates that 32% of individuals are somewhat or very comfortable with AI-led appointments in primary care settings. While…
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
The Cost of Doing Nothing
On Moral Responsibility, AI, and the Urgency of Change in Healthcare
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
ARCH: A Framework for Accountability in the Age of AI in Healthcare
Introducing a new classification system to track, understand, and respond to AI-related complications with clinical rigor and transparency.
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
The Discipline of Working Backwards
On listening, context, and the quiet work of building meaningful change in healthcare
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
From Harm to Healing: Reimagining AI Through the Lens of Global Health and Moral Clarity
As a clinician and someone who’s spent years working across health systems—from the operating room to global policy—I find myself returning, again and…
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
Listening First: Why We Bring Clinicians Into the Build
Imagine a world in which healthcare software is so intuitive and seamless that it allows medical professionals to be human.
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Salim Afshar MD, FACS
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