Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare, moving from a futuristic idea to a practical tool used by clinicians every day. From ambient documentation and radiology workflows to emerging clinical decision support systems, AI is already helping physicians work more efficiently and focus more time on patient care. But as these technologies become more capable, important questions remain about how they should be integrated into clinical practice and what role physicians will play in an increasingly AI-enabled healthcare system.
To explore these issues, I sat down with Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli – emergency physician, attorney, and Co-President/CEO of Cooper University Health Care. As an early adopter of healthcare AI, Dr. Mazzarelli shares insights on where AI is delivering value today, where it may have the greatest impact in the future, and why he believes the technology’s biggest opportunity is not replacing doctors, but helping them practice at their best.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- How AI is already being used in clinical practice
- The rise of ambient documentation and workflow automation
- Clinical decision support and the future of diagnostics
- Physician adoption and barriers to implementation
- How patients perceive AI in healthcare
- Opportunities for improving quality, safety, and efficiency
- The impact of AI on medical education and physician training
- Why human connection remains central to medicine
Watch the full interview below, or check out the audio-only podcast version.
Dr. Joshua Belfer, MD, is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of HipPEMcrates. He can be reached at HipPEMcrates@gmail.com.
