The Signal Room | AI Strategy, Ethical AI & Regulation
Healthcare AI leadership, ethics, and LLM strategy—hosted by Chris Hutchins.
The Signal Room explores how healthcare leaders, data executives, and innovators navigate AI readiness, governance, and real-world implementation. Through authentic conversations, the show surfaces the signals that matter at the intersection of healthcare ethics, large language models (LLMs), and executive decision-making.
Episodes
17 episodes
Why AI Verification, not Speed or Model Accuracy, is the Real Bottleneck in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery
AI is transforming drug discovery—but faster models alone do not get drugs approved.In this episode of The Signal Room, host Chris Hutchins speaks with David Finkelshteyn, CEO of Pivotal AI, about why verification—not ...
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Episode 17
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37:41
No Alerts, Still Breached: Understanding Cybersecurity Risks and Ethical Leadership in Healthcare AI'
This episode explores ethical leadership and AI governance challenges in healthcare cybersecurity, emphasizing the risks of undetected breaches.'In this episode of The Signal Room, Chris Hutchins speaks with Guman Ch...
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Episode 16
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34:04
Scaling Care with AI: Balancing Human Judgment and Clinical Trust in Healthcare
What does it truly mean to scale care with AI inside a real hospital environment? In this episode of The Signal Room, host Chris Hutchins talks with Mark Gendreau, emergency physician and Chief Medical Officer, about the intersection of healthc...
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Episode 15
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34:13
From AI Hype to Real Value: Crafting AI Strategy That Delivers Real Business Impact
In this insightful episode of The Signal Room, host Chris Hutchins and guest Parth Gargish dive deep into building effective AI strategies that go beyond the hype to deliver real business value. With extensive experience in SaaS and AI-driven p...
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Episode 14
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25:48
Why Healthcare AI Fails Without Complete Medical Records: Interoperability, Transparency & Patient Access
Healthcare AI cannot deliver precision medicine without complete, interoperable medical records, which are essential for responsible AI implementation in healthcare. In this episode, recorded live at the Data First Conference in Las Vegas, Alei...
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Episode 13
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15:47
AI Ethics & Ethical Leadership in Healthcare: Building Trust Without Losing Humanity
Recorded live at the Put Data First AI conference in Hollywood, Las Vegas, this episode of The Signal Room features a deep conversation between Chris Hutchins and Asha Mahesh, an expert in AI ethics, ethical leadership, and responsible data use...
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Episode 12
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21:57
Why Healthcare Isn’t Ready for AI Yet | Emotional Readiness, Just Culture & Leadership Trust
Healthcare can’t be technologically ready for AI until it’s emotionally ready first.In this episode of The Signal Room, host Chris Hutchins sits down with Susie Brannigan — a trauma-informed nurse executive, Just Cul...
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Episode 7
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38:29
The Hidden Infrastructure of Trust: Why You Can't Scale AI Without Scaling Trust
In this insightful episode of The Signal Room, Chris Hutchins sits down with Amit Shivpuja, Director of Data and AI Enablement at Walmart, to delve into the critical role of ethical leadership and responsible AI in building trust for successful...
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Episode 11
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15:28
Cybersecurity + AI Risk + Workforce Transformation
As AI adoption accelerates, Cybersecurity risk is evolving faster than most organizations are prepared for.In this episode of The Signal Room, host Chris Hutchins is joined by Anita Mareedu, a network security engineer at C...
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Episode 10
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18:58
Authentic Intelligence in Healthcare AI | Context, Explainability, Bias & Human-in-the-Loop Design
“Authentic intelligence” is not just smarter AI. It’s AI that behaves closer to human reasoning by understanding context, recognizing limits, and supporting human judgment.Recorded live at the Data First Conference i...
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Episode 8
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28:23
AI Can’t Replace Language Access | Patient Safety, Trust, and Ethical Communication in Healthcare
Language access is not an administrative task. It is patient safety.In this episode of The Signal Room, Chris Hutchins is joined by Carol Velandia, founder of Equal Access Language Services, to explore why communicat...
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Episode 7
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30:35
Garbage In, Gen AI Out: Data Quality and Healthcare AI Challenges
In this conversation, Danette McGilvray and Chris Hutchins discuss the ongoing challenges organizations face regarding the emphasis on data versus technology. They highlight the significant financial investments made in technology while often n...
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Episode 6
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45:38
AI Readiness From Vision to Verification
What does it take to become truly AI-ready?In this episode, I am joined by Ritu Chakrawarty. Ritu leads GenAI/AI Solutions Strategy at AbbVielinkedin.com/in/ritu-cha...
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Episode 4
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23:55
AI leadership + trust + psychological safety + healthcare transformation
How do leaders build trust during AI transformation when fear, uncertainty, and disruption are everywhere?In this episode of The Signal Room, host Chris Hutchins sits down with organizational psychologist and executive coac...
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Episode 4
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30:12
Data Readiness for AI Adoption
In this dialogue, Chris and Ratnadeep delve into the significance of adopting a non-technical perspective in a technology-driven environment, especially within the healthcare sector. Ratnadeep highlights the crucial role of data readiness as a ...
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Episode 3
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32:45
How AI Redefines the Patient - Physician Journey (Part 1)
SummaryThis conversation delves into the critical aspects of implementing AI in healthcare, emphasizing the necessity of establishing proper workflows to mitigate risks such as automation bias. The discussion highlights the h...
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Episode 1
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