Healthcare AI Is Moving Fast—Equity Must Move Faster (The Kaleidoscope) with Dr. Hassan Tetteh

The Kaleidoscope:  Healthcare in a Diverse America From Molecule to Market with Sheila Thorne, Episode 19April is National Minority Health Month 2026, and Sheila Thorne is closing it out with a clear message: Healthcare AI must be built for equity, not just efficiency. In The Kaleidoscope: Healthcare in a Diverse America – From Molecule to Market, Sheila’s spotlighted leaders of color pushing advocacy, innovation, and better outcomes. Now she goes straight to the urgency—because AI is already shaping decisions, access, and care. In the upcoming episode, she’s joined by Hassan A. Tetteh, MD, author of Smarter Healthcare with AI, to ask the questions we can’t dodge: Will AI narrow disparities—or harden them? Who gets protected, who gets overlooked, and who gets to be accountable? The train has left the station. The work now is transparency, responsible governance, and fairness—baked into every model, workflow, and rollout.Tune in, share, and subscribe—and help make equity the default setting in healthcare AI.In this episode, hear about: * Sheila’s yearlong AI learning journey and focus on impacts for communities of color and health equity * Dr. Tetteh’s background as a thoracic surgeon, retired U.S. Navy captain, educator, and author of “Smarter Healthcare with AI” * The practical definition of AI as machines mimicking human behavior, with examples like large language models and facial recognition * Concerns that biased and undiversified clinical and public health data may amplify disparities, along with the potential for greater access to information * Military medicine examples of AI use: battlefield triage predicting transfusion needs, and Project Salus forecasting COVID hotspots using claims and supply-chain data * AI’s potential in suicide prevention pattern detection, treatment personalization (including cancer targeting), and closing disparities through leadership, accountability, and inclusive participationLearn more about Dr. Hassan Tetteh: * Connect with Dr. Hassan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassanatetteh * Visit Dr. Hassan’s website: https://doctortetteh.com * Visit HumanCare Technologies website: https://humancaretech.com * Follow HumanCare Technologies on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-care-technologies-inc***********************************About The Kaleidoscope: Healthcare in a Diverse America From Molecule to Market: Each episode of Sheila Thorne’s The Kaleidoscope podcast highlights leaders and patients of color to discuss culturally linguistically appropriate strategies and services. * Subscribe to The Kaleidoscope: Healthcare in a Diverse America From Molecule to Market on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kaleidoscope-healthcare-in-a-diverse-america-from-molecule-to-market/id1715004411 * Subscribe to The Kaleidoscope: Healthcare in a Diverse America From Molecule to Market video series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheilaThorneConnect with Sheila Thorne: * Website: https://sheilathorne.com * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-thorne-63b5a32 * Twitter: https://twitter.com/sthornemhmg * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheilaThorne