First and foremost, I thank Forbes Books for providing me with this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions in this review are my own.

Looking for a book to review, my choice fell to Smarter Healthcare with AI by Hassan A. Tetteh, MD, for two reasons: first, I am an engineer and senior IT pro with a deep interest in AI; second, I am particularly fascinated by AI applications in healthcare. Additionally, I am an SMIEEE. Smarter Healthcare with AI is a comprehensive exploration of the revolutionary and transformative potential that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics possess to enhance military healthcare and delivery, both on and off the battlefield in a big way.

The book highlights that healthcare tasks, which are routine and repetitive, often involving large volumes of data, are ideal for AI takeover because computers are vastly more powerful than humans in data collection and processing. For instance, Augmented Reality (AR)—a technology often used alongside AI—enables faster and more accurate cancer diagnoses than those performed by pathologists. AI-assisted medical imaging can detect cancer recurrence up to eighteen months earlier than conventional radiologists! Besides, humanoid robots (robots built in human form) have proven ideal as operating room assistants. Some key areas ready for AI transformation include medical imaging, Electronic Health Records (EHR) management, triaging, suicide prevention, battlefield point-of-injury care, various routine and repetitive tasks, predictive analysis, decision-making support, and medical robotics.

One AI application discussed in the book that I was particularly attracted to is suicide prevention (Chapter 5). It was shocking to learn that, in the U.S., suicide is the second major cause of death among service members, veterans, and young people. AI has great potential to prevent suicides by monitoring composite data—aggregated from EHRs (medical history), internet usage patterns, social media posts, and other indicators. By keeping a close watch, commanders and medical staff can get warnings early enough to intervene and prevent suicide.

The author, a highly accomplished ex-U.S. Navy surgeon with twenty-five years of experience, is also a successful heart and lung transplant surgeon. I was pleased to note that despite his numerous accomplishments and his blend of rare skills; he remains so gentle and unassuming. His knowledge of AI and robotics is deep. The recommendations in this book, if implemented, will go a long way to solving bottlenecks and stubborn challenges in US military healthcare and delivery in the future.

This book, though short (about 140 pages), focuses on healthcare transformation through AI & Robotics, primarily in the military and also for civilians. I, therefore, do not recommend it to general readers. The recommended audience is members of the medical profession, military leaders, students/pros in AI/Robotics, computer science, futurists, and the like.

I am glad to read this ARC of the book and inn the topic that is trending today - artificial intelligence with an application in healthcare. First of all, the stories and explanations of applications of technology are very useful and interesting. Secondly, the author clarified that AI certainly is not a panacea or a silver bullet for everything which is true. There is a good intro to the book talking about several mindsets approaching the use of AI technology.
The VP4 framework suggested in the book uncovers purpose, personalisation, partnerships and productivity areas of focus when building or leveraging an AI tool for healthcare industry. Respectfully this framework can be applied to any industry and is a universal took in my view.
It is also important to keep in mind that AI can take care of some areas and never replace what matters most which is being a human.

Smarter Healthcare with AI aims to demonstrate to a general readership how military healthcare, and it's early integration of AI, can promote better healthcare in the civilian population. Tetteh is a retired US Navy Captain, a combat surgeon, a former AI strategist for the Department of Defense, among other relevant biographical reasons why he is a good choice of an author for this topic. The book is divided into ten chapters, each with an evolving focus - starting with the history of military medicine and ending on case studies of the VP4 framework Tetteh has developed. It's organized to feel like a conversation between the author and the reader, and includes several sections from the perspectives of various AI-involved folks Tetteh personally knows. Ultimately, he positions himself and this book as being optimistic about AI in healthcare and arguing that the ways in which the USA military is using AI can be leveraged for civilians.

To position my review, I want to highlight that I am a healthcare specialist with a research portfolio in ethical artificial intelligence in healthcare, primarily focusing on its implementation and the effects it can have on the population.

From a positive perspective, I believe that Tetteh has created a good, novice friendly book that anyone can approach regardless of their background. It's cursory, but that's intentional as the idea is to introduce by example rather than by technical argument. the book also includes several images that can help make the more complex or more involved concepts clearer, which I felt was a smart move for a topic like this one. This said, however, many of the big questions which would still be beneficial for a truly informed general population - questions like ethics, security, safety, accuracy, and so on - I felt were left either unaddressed or under-addressed. Instead, when these topics came up (even in the Ethics chapter) it felt more like hand-waving or lip-service. The focus appeared more to be on "here are the positives" rather than "here is information you need to be informed". I also want to specifically push at the ethics chapter because it felt like Tetteh is under the impression we can program ethics into machines - this is currently something that is not possible, and current "moral machines" are instead just reflections of developer's biases (both positive and negative biases).

Book focused on AI and its interaction with healthcare stemming from work in the military. It had some useful information but was not quite what I expected. I was looking for more concrete examples and current state and future state. Thank you to the author. Thank you to #netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.

This book is written by a passionate, well-educated naval surgeon looking to advance healthcare practices using AI to improve overall health of the human population. There is some background information that is interesting to read. We know that a lot of things we are able to enjoy in the civilian population were initially developed for military use. I appreciate being able to read about the conceptions, and current/potential uses for AI in healthcare. Reasonably, Many people are cautious of any one system being able to access people’s information. As with many scientific advancements designed for good, there is always the potential for a more sinister use. This book shows how healthcare professionals can use AI as adjunct to improve health outcomes to the benefit of everyone.

Though there were some anecdotes scattered throughout that book, it did ready like research.

This is a good book but not what I was expecting at all. It's main focus is on the author's life, and while he is an interesting person, I whish the book description would have shown that as well. I wanted to read this book to learn more about AI in Healthcare. Even though that is obviously part of the book, I learned more about the author's CV than AI.