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Rogers, hybrid corn, and why your AI pilot will not spread by itself
Everett Rogers watched hybrid corn move unevenly across Iowa farms, then named the pattern still used in digital health. The useful part is the questions, not the nostalgia.
Why clinicians still hesitate at AI decision support
Sixty-six years after Ledley and Lusted computerised diagnosis, the hesitation is still there. This time it may be the right response, if you ask the right questions.
The square peg problem
Why the people who do not fit the mould tend to build the better systems. The vocabulary gap in week one, what done actually means in care settings, and a project failure mode you can see coming.
Deepfakes are a health systems problem, not just a fraud problem
Fabricated faces and voices already show up in clinics and public health channels. The useful question is what to do before detection tools catch up.