Did AI just become the default digital front door to healthcare?
In our first Hot Topics episode of 2026, Dr Louise Schaper and Dr George Margelis unpack the biggest healthcare story of the moment: Big Tech’s decisive move into generative AI for health.
January alone saw major announcements from OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon One Medical, signalling that healthcare is no longer a side experiment for AI companies — it’s a core vertical.
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Louise and George explore:
What ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare actually mean for consumers
Why GenAI could become the default digital front door to healthcare
How this shifts…
The skinny
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