What does it take to redesign the American healthcare system from first principles?

Dr. Jim Weinstein, world-renowned spine surgeon, former CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and current Senior Vice President at Microsoft Healthcare, joins MD-MBA candidate Abhinav Balu on this episode of Healthscape to explore how incentives, data infrastructure, and AI are reshaping care delivery.

From the landmark SPORT trial to the creation of the High-Value Healthcare Collaborative, Dr. Weinstein explains why more money isn’t the solution, why system design determines outcomes, and why healthcare needs ecosystem transformation, not just better technology.

They also discuss Microsoft’s Diagnostic Orchestrator AI, the promise of multimodal data, and the importance of judgment in an AI-enabled future.

Tune in for a conversation on value, innovation, and the road ahead for healthcare.