In Conversation: Michael Blackman, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health - on debunking common physician fears about AI
Among the leaders shaping how care and technology converge is Michael Blackman, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health. In a wide-ranging conversation conducted by Medical Economics, Michael laid out a view of the industry that is both candid and immediately useful to the executives, clinicians, and builders who read HealthTech Cube.
The conversation
Debunking common physician fears about AI - why ambient documentation cuts administrative burden but must never erode clinicians' own judgment.
“If people give up critical thinking, that's gonna be a real problem.”
- Michael Blackman, MD, MBA, in conversation with Medical Economics
Conversation highlights
Debunking common physician fears about AI
Why ambient documentation cuts administrative burden but must never erode clinicians' own judgment
The bigger picture
The AI adoption question runs through every executive conversation in 2026. The evidence base is finally arriving: the largest controlled study of ambient documentation, published in JAMA, found clinicians saved 16 minutes of documentation time per day - but only a third of users hit the usage threshold for maximum benefit (our coverage). Meanwhile Rock Health has stopped labeling AI as a differentiator at all, because every company claims it - which is exactly why operating discipline of the kind described here separates winners from demo-ware.
It is a conversation that rewards close reading by anyone building or buying in this market. At Greenway Health, that thinking translates into daily decisions about where technology genuinely earns its place in care delivery, and where discipline matters more than novelty.
The HTC take
It is a perspective we expect to age well, and one that connects directly to the trends HealthTech Cube tracks across all eight of our coverage categories.