Healthcare Must Avoid Layering AI Tools on a Broken Foundation

My husband and I met in residency. I left clinical practice. He stayed. He runs a small private office, and I watch it every day: a brilliant clinician who spends a fraction of his time doing what he is trained to do, what he loves, which is taking care of patients. The rest is prior authorizations, documentation and chasing referrals. It’s what makes him want to walk away from medicine entirely — not the patients, but the administrative burden. He’s not unique. I spent the…