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Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us―and How AI Could Save Lives
How does AI compare to a doctor when it comes to saving lives?
Doctors are under-resourced and face unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patient numbers and ever developing medical knowledge. But at the same time, they are all too human, prone to racial, class and social biases that affect the care patients receive.
Can we improve patient experience and alleviate the burdens of doctors at the same time?
In this groundbreaking study, Charlotte Blease reveals how AI, if handled with care, could emerge as the most reliable physician in history. Drawing on interviews with authorities in AI, doctors and patients, Blease shows how technology – despite some resistance – is already making a difference. From diagnosis and second opinions to treatment and aftercare, AI has the potential to revolutionise our healthcare.
Doctors are under-resourced and face unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patient numbers and ever developing medical knowledge. But at the same time, they are all too human, prone to racial, class and social biases that affect the care patients receive.
Can we improve patient experience and alleviate the burdens of doctors at the same time?
In this groundbreaking study, Charlotte Blease reveals how AI, if handled with care, could emerge as the most reliable physician in history. Drawing on interviews with authorities in AI, doctors and patients, Blease shows how technology – despite some resistance – is already making a difference. From diagnosis and second opinions to treatment and aftercare, AI has the potential to revolutionise our healthcare.
352 pages, Hardcover
Published September 9, 2025
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December 15, 2025
After Reading Dr Bot, I’m Less Worried About AI And More Worried About Leaders.
Charlotte Blease expose a leadership habit, not a technology issue particularly in the medical field with doctors and AI (but it can be applied to any profession).
When pressure rises, people simplify their thinking and defend it with confidence. An 8/10 score for me.
What the book made me notice:
•Under pressure, experienced leaders fall back on what’s worked before and stop noticing what’s different this time.
•Once someone has authority, their confidence carries more weight than their reasoning. Fewer people push back.
•When data gets heavy, people look for the summary and move on instead of asking what got lost.
•“The system recommended it” quietly replaces “I decided this”. Responsibility gets blurry fast.
•The riskiest moments show up when senior leaders value agreement more than challenge.
This applies to anyone with authority.
AI shouldn’t decide. It should create friction. Judgement is not delegable.
#LeadershipLegacySeries #Leadership #Judgement #AIinLeadership #DecisionMaking
Charlotte Blease expose a leadership habit, not a technology issue particularly in the medical field with doctors and AI (but it can be applied to any profession).
When pressure rises, people simplify their thinking and defend it with confidence. An 8/10 score for me.
What the book made me notice:
•Under pressure, experienced leaders fall back on what’s worked before and stop noticing what’s different this time.
•Once someone has authority, their confidence carries more weight than their reasoning. Fewer people push back.
•When data gets heavy, people look for the summary and move on instead of asking what got lost.
•“The system recommended it” quietly replaces “I decided this”. Responsibility gets blurry fast.
•The riskiest moments show up when senior leaders value agreement more than challenge.
This applies to anyone with authority.
AI shouldn’t decide. It should create friction. Judgement is not delegable.
#LeadershipLegacySeries #Leadership #Judgement #AIinLeadership #DecisionMaking
December 9, 2025
Overall great overview
Something on my mind:
I get why people want to chat/confide to bots nowadays but yeah we should talk to humans more even if it makes a little uncomfy. I can’t remember how many times I found it so beneficial to be able to articulate something out loud and be embarassed about it — that kind of feeling needs to be felt. We can’t just be self-pleasing ourselves out of our problems especially our health
Something on my mind:
I get why people want to chat/confide to bots nowadays but yeah we should talk to humans more even if it makes a little uncomfy. I can’t remember how many times I found it so beneficial to be able to articulate something out loud and be embarassed about it — that kind of feeling needs to be felt. We can’t just be self-pleasing ourselves out of our problems especially our health
December 10, 2025
A very interesting book with lots of food for thought. Full of facts and statistics. So full of facts and statistics that I had to take it in small doses in order to retain and consider what I'd read, so it's taken me a while to get through. I don't think it's a spoiler to say it left me wondering if with Dr Bot the current situation could be improved anytime soon.
December 28, 2025
While there's much talk of how AI screws up, there's not so much analysis of the screws ups we live with today. This book is not utopian, or even much advocating any specific technology: it's highlighting we can and must do better.
The structure of the book is based around a patient journey. Towards the end: "This book focused on only one justification for technology in healthcare: the physical and psychological constraints associated with traditional primary care consultations. Dissecting the [transitional] appointment, this is what we found: the visit is riddled with chronic ailments, some of which—like diagnostic errors—the institution of medicine has singularly struggled to come to terms with. Access is much worse for people with greater health needs. Even when we arrive, the format of the traditional visit tilts the balance in favour of physicians, with patients deferring to doctors in ways that stifle honest conversation [...] Moreover, when carefully designed and implemented, AI has the potential to identify and weed out unwanted biases and reduce the risks of unfair treatment experienced by so many."
The structure of the book is based around a patient journey. Towards the end: "This book focused on only one justification for technology in healthcare: the physical and psychological constraints associated with traditional primary care consultations. Dissecting the [transitional] appointment, this is what we found: the visit is riddled with chronic ailments, some of which—like diagnostic errors—the institution of medicine has singularly struggled to come to terms with. Access is much worse for people with greater health needs. Even when we arrive, the format of the traditional visit tilts the balance in favour of physicians, with patients deferring to doctors in ways that stifle honest conversation [...] Moreover, when carefully designed and implemented, AI has the potential to identify and weed out unwanted biases and reduce the risks of unfair treatment experienced by so many."
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