A lot enjoyable riffing with Ken Nepple, MD FACS, Joshua Liu, MD, Yair Saperstein, MD MPH, and Saumitra Thakur about this yr’s 2026 Epic UGM bulletins! Each anticipation and nuance within the coming…

Folks are abuzz after Epic’s UGM this yr.

We huddled with Yair Saperstein, MD MPH (Avo), Joshua Liu, MD (SeamlessMD), Ken Nepple, MD FACS (affiliate CHIO @ Iowa), and Jane Wang, MD (MMV, Stanford) to get reactions. They’re all practising physicians with views additionally from startups and methods. We’ll be sharing insights in our e-newsletter and right here. Bear with me, as properly, as I exploit this as an opportunity to mess around with AI video editors (aim is getting the slick degree of end Graham has).

As a begin, although, I liked this take from Ken: “AI seems amazing if you don’t know anything about what you’re talking about.” He goes on to speak in regards to the hole between demoed functionality and landed affect and the way this is applicable to a lot of what Epic teased.

It’s level, and a perspective that I believe applies to healthcare AI proper now. There’s a subset of super-hype corporations whose merchandise I’ve used practising medication within the wild that’re remarkably middling, however you possibly can’t inform by the breathless means lay press, traders, and huge system leaders (typically all removed from entrance line medical care) discuss it. Market’s frothy, so there is not any disaster right here, however I believe when the froth settles we’ll have some awkward reckonings.