The Hidden Data Risk Behind Healthcare AI | Bharat Reddy, CTO of Coherent Healthcare, #44

Healthcare is in the middle of an AI gold rush.AI receptionists, AI doctors, AI agents, automated workflows — everyone is racing to move faster, automate more, and do more with data.But healthcare is different.Patient data is not just behavioural data. It is medical history, vulnerability, access to care, and trust. That makes security, governance, and accountability far more important than many people realise.In this episode of The Business of a Clinic, Sean speaks with Bharat Reddy, CTO of Coherent Healthcare (CoherentHQ.com), about AI, cybersecurity, patient data, and what healthcare can learn from bank-grade security.Before joining Coherent, Bharat was VP of Security Architecture at Morgan Stanley, where his role was to think like an attacker before the attacker arrived: reviewing systems, data flows, weak points, and the potential consequences of failure.That lens is becoming essential in healthcare.Sean and Bharat discuss legacy systems, siloed patient data, AI regulation, data sovereignty, the NHS and Palantir debate, vendor risk, and what clinic leaders should ask before trusting any AI tool with patient information.The core message of the episode is simple:AI in healthcare cannot just be powerful.It has to be secure, auditable, accountable, and built with the minimum data necessary.