Sina Bari
Healthcare AI authority

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The AI Question Hospitals Keep Asking Too Late

Last Tuesday, a clinician showed me an AI demo that looked polished until we asked a simple question: what happens when the model is wrong on a crowded ward at 2 a.m.? Hospitals do not need more AI hype, they need governance that treats deployment like a clinical intervention.

September 1, 2026 · 9 Min Read

When Hospitals Adopt AI, Governance Has to Work Like Clinical Safety

A physician-executive case for treating hospital AI like a safety program, not a software feature. The real question is whether governance can keep pace with model drift, workflow messiness, and clinical accountability.

August 28, 2026 · 7 Min Read

The hospital AI tools I trust are the ones built for boring accountability

A physician-executive view of why hospital AI should be judged less by flashy demos and more by regulatory pathway, workflow fit, and post-deployment monitoring. The safest tools are usually the least theatrical.

August 25, 2026 · 10 Min Read
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Clinical workflow design

How AI fits into triage, documentation, routing, review, escalation, and other high-friction clinical workflows.

Governance, safety, and evaluation

Practical guidance on model validation, monitoring, human oversight, risk controls, and safer adoption of medical AI.

Imaging, diagnostics, and adoption

Commentary on medical imaging AI, diagnostic support, and the organizational conditions needed for successful health-system rollout.

Positioning

Credible commentary for a fast-moving field

The tone stays clear, restrained, and evidence-aware. Claims should be specific, useful, and grounded in how care is actually delivered.

The goal is to help readers understand what works, what fails, and what responsible healthcare AI adoption looks like in practice.

Dr. Sina Bari, MD

About the Author

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Dr. Sina Bari, MD is a Stanford-trained surgeon and the VP of Healthcare & Life Sciences AI at iMerit. He writes here on the clinical-workflow and governance side of healthcare AI, separate from the long-form essays at drsinabari.com and the surgical-practice writing at sinabariplasticsurgery.com.

For speaking, collaboration, or media inquiries related to healthcare AI, use sinabari@gmail.com.

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