Digital Health Vitals Ep 4: Carbon Health Bankrupt, Heidi Evidence Launch, UCSF Study on AI Scribes

Описание: Healthcare doesn’t slow down — and neither does the digital health cycle.

In Digital Health Vitals, Episode 4, we break down some of the most important (and controversial) developments shaping digital health, AI in healthcare, and the business of care delivery.

From startup bankruptcies to AI scribes and the monetization of clinical evidence, this episode covers the real forces moving the healthcare innovation ecosystem right now.

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Host/Moderator:
Alex Koshykov — CEO @ YODD, COO @ BeKey.io
  / alex-koshykov  

Experts:
Sergei Polevikov ‪@sergeiAI‬ — Founder of AI Health Uncut
  / sergeiai  
AI Health Uncut https://sergeiAI.substack.com

Benjamin Schwartz — Physician Executive & Senior Advisor at Commons Clinic
  / ben-schwartz-md  

Podcast Ben mentioned during the episode:    / @aperturethinking  

🔎 What We Cover in This Episode:

02:03 Addiction to short-form videos reduces brain activity in the frontal lobe, weakening the ability to focus. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...

04:45 A war of words between the authors of the Guardian editorial and Spencer Dorn on whether "something is better than nothing" in healthcare AI:   / leah-goodridge_this-guardian-editorial-arg...  

12:48 Carbon Health Files for Bankruptcy
Carbon Health has filed for Chapter 11 protection with over $100M in debt. What does this mean for venture-backed primary care models? Is this a correction in digital health valuations, a business model problem, or something deeper in hybrid care economics?
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/heal...

23:53 Heidi Launches “Heidi Evidence”
Heidi expands beyond clinical documentation into evidence generation.
Medical knowledge now doubles every 73 days, making it impossible for clinicians to stay updated with new methods and research. While many have turned to general-purpose AI, these tools lack transparency and local clinical context. This "search engine" approach often erodes the perceived authority of the encounter, leading to a profound lack of patient comfort when they feel their symptoms are being researched via the same tools they use at home.
https://www.heidihealth.com/en-us/blo...

33:29 A new study out of UCSF finds that AI scribes only help clinicians who are bad (OK, inefficient :)) at clinical documentation: https://www.ajmc.com/view/subjective-...

40:50 Cardiologist wins 3rd place at Anthropic's hackathon. Out of 13,000 applications. Built in 7 days by Michał Nedoszytko, MD. Coded day and night - in the hospital, in the cloud, while flying from Brussels to San Francisco.
https://x.com/mnedoszytko/status/2025...

This episode covers key developments in digital health startups, AI in healthcare, healthcare business models, AI scribes, clinical documentation automation, venture-backed primary care, and value-based care innovation. We analyze real healthcare news — not hype — and break down what it means for founders, investors, clinicians, and operators navigating the rapidly evolving healthcare technology landscape in 2026.

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Previous episode of Digital Health Vitals:    • Digital Health Vitals 3: GPT Health & Clau...