# 199. Will AI Assistants Make Your Doctor Better?

- Show: [The Next Byte Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast)
- Published: 2024-11-05
- Length: 25m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better
- Listen: https://the-next-byte-wevolver.simplecast.com/episodes/199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better-uOQNa3ya

## Summary

Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss Ambience, an AI startup founded by MIT alumni Mike and Nick Heil, which uses large language models to automate administrative tasks for doctors, such as note-taking and insurance coding. The episode explains how Transformer architecture enables this efficiency, allowing physicians to reclaim time previously spent on paperwork, while also addressing critical concerns about AI hallucinations and the necessity of keeping humans in the loop. The hosts highlight that the tool is already deployed in over 40 health systems, saving doctors 2-3 hours daily, but emphasize that rigorous monitoring is required to ensure patient safety in high-stakes medical environments.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better#t=0) Introduction: The administrative burden on doctors
- [3:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better#t=223) Sponsor Read: Mouser Electronics and AI in Medicine
- [5:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better#t=350) Ambience: Founders Mike and Nick Heil from MIT
- [11:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better#t=662) Transformer Architecture and GPU Utilization
- [16:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better#t=964) Ambience Healthcare Features and Adoption
- [19:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-11-05-199-will-ai-assistants-make-your-doctor-better#t=1192) AI Safety: Hallucinations and Human-in-the-Loop

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Mouser Electronics (company)
- Ambience (company)
- Remedy AI (company)
- ChatGPT (product)
- EHR (other)

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