Uncovering the Clinical Blind Spot in AI Governance | Executive Interview with Dr. Jen McKay

July 24, 2026: Dr. Jen McKay spent 20-plus years as an internal medicine hospitalist in rural South Dakota before becoming CMIO at a major Midwest health system, and now she's the Senior Clinical Specialist at Google for Health. Jen explains why so many AI governance efforts stall out, and it usually comes down to one missing ingredient: clinical leadership at the table from day one. She unpacks why physicians serve as the real "API" between fragmented healthcare data inputs, whether AI will ever replace doctors, and what she'd tell a CMIO whose organization is adopting AI faster than policy can keep up with.

Key Points:

• 03:16 Where Governance Fails

• 05:12 Humans Are the API

• 06:17 Will AI Replace Doctors?

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