IMPACT Summer Book Club

A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future by Robert Wachter Join us this summer for a community discussion of A Giant Leap, Dr. Robert Wachter's newest book that provides a clear and ultimately hopeful look at how generative AI is entering hospitals and clinics, from drafting notes to interpreting images to reshaping the work of clinicians and researchers alike. Drawing on more than 100 interviews with leaders across medicine, technology, and policy, Wachter cuts through the hype to ask a deceptively simple question: what does AI actually need to do to make healthcare better? This conversation feels especially timely for our community. Dr. Wachter will join us as the keynote speaker for the IMPACT Symposium on September 24, and this book club is a chance to engage with his ideas firsthand before he takes the stage. We will gather over food and drinks for an informal discussion of the book's central themes and what they mean for our own research and clinical work, with plenty of time for networking. Whether you have read every page or just the first chapter, come ready to talk.