AI Should Give Clinicians Back to Patients

The Operator | Healthcare Business · Jul 2, 2026 · 20m · transcript

Everybody in healthcare wants to talk about AI.

Will it replace clinicians?

Will it write our notes?

Will it make care more efficient?

Larry Benz thinks those questions are too small.

In this episode of THE OPERATOR, Larry joins Jimmy McKay to ask a better question: What should AI give back?

For Larry, the answer is not simply time savings, more throughput, or better productivity numbers. The real promise of AI in healthcare is the chance to give clinicians back their attention, presence, judgment, and connection with patients.

Larry argues that if AI scribes are used merely to help…