by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 19, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Articles, Leadership, Lessons
This article first appeared on Forbes.com In high school, I spent two summers programming computers for a manufacturing company in New York City. Monday through Thursday, I wrote code. On Fridays, a senior programmer from IBM would stop in to help me debug any...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 14, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Lessons
Every day, millions of patients use generative AI tools to research symptoms, interpret diagnoses, understand lab results and navigate insurance questions. OpenAI reported in January that more than 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions every day, and...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 9, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
Dietary supplements are a $50+ billion industry in the United States. Yet scientific evidence varies widely across products. Last month’s survey explored what you take, why you take it and how confident you are that it improves your health. Here are the results: My...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Feb 9, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
For decades, medicine has relied on a simple safeguard: when it comes to prescribing medications, a human clinician is always in the loop. That assumption is now being tested in a first-of-its-kind pilot. In Utah, regulators have approved the use of a generative AI...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Jan 12, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
Each new year brings fresh promises of healthcare reform: new technologies, policy proposals, pricing models and delivery innovations. Yet for patients, clinicians and health system leaders alike, progress often feels uneven and unpredictable. As 2026 began, I asked...
