Patient Experience

Why AI Won’t Replace Your Doctor—But Will Replace the Pamphlet You Never Read

I left the hospital after shoulder surgery clutching a pamphlet I couldn’t understand. Like millions of patients, I pretended to know what to do, then went home and forgot everything. AI changed that. It’s not replacing doctors—it’s replacing the terrifying gap between expert instructions and real-world recovery. The 24/7 translator we never knew we needed.