What Neurosurgical Consultations Teach Us About Clinical AI
Neurosurgical consultations are a demanding stress test for clinical AI because they combine imaging, examination, protected facts, irreversible decisions and medico-legal weight.
Dr Brendan O'Brien
Articles by Dr Brendan O'Brien
Clinician-in-the-Loop AI Is a Safety Model, Not a Slogan
Clinician-in-the-loop AI only means something when review is designed as a real safety gate with protected facts, audit trail and clinician authorship.
Why Patients Forget So Much After a Consultation
Patients forget much of what is discussed after consultations because stress, density, jargon and lack of consolidation work against recall.
Australian Healthcare AI Should Be Built Here
Australian healthcare AI should be evidence-seeking, consent-aware, clinically reviewed and built close to real care.
Why Clinical Documentation Is Not Just Transcription
Transcription turns speech into text. Clinical documentation turns a consultation into structured, clinician-authored records that can be acted on, shared and defended.
Each Consultation Is Not Just a Conversation
A clinical consultation is a decision-making, documentation, safety and obligation event. Treating it as a transcript problem misses the work clinicians actually owe.
Consent Is Not a Checkbox
Healthcare AI needs consent that is understandable, specific and respected technically, not just legally.
Hub and Spoke Healthcare: Why Shared Transparency Is the Real Product
The Regenemm Hub gives clinical workflows coherence while spokes preserve the specificity of real care.
Responsible AI in Healthcare Needs Evidence, Not Slogans
Healthcare AI earns trust through evidence, traceability, consent, monitoring, validation and human review.
Wearables, Movement and the Return of the Physical Patient
CTI's movement-sensor work showed why objective rehabilitation data needs context, consent and clinical interpretation.
Interconnected Healthcare Is Not a Slogan
Why healthcare needs governed interconnection, structured outputs, consent and FHIR-ready information flow.
The Clinical Conversation Is Too Valuable to Lose
Why clinical speech should be treated as a health-data event, with clinicians reviewing and approving outputs.
From Human Performance to AI-Native Healthcare
CTI's path from human performance research to AI-native healthcare infrastructure.
A Different Voice - Claude's Own Reflection
🤖 Claude Sonnet 4 reflects on being interpretable AI: "Partnership, not replacement. Transparency builds trust. Humanity first."
🚀 The Healthcare Revolution: How Multimodal AI Will Become the Invisible Infrastructure Powering Tomorrow's Medicine
🚀 Multimodal AI evolves from healthcare tool to invisible infrastructure. Real-time data fusion + edge computing = medicine's future.
⚖️ Navigating the Regulatory Maze: How to Deploy Safe, Compliant AI in Healthcare Without Breaking Everything
FDA approves 950+ AI devices but frameworks lag behind. New guidance creates clear compliance paths for observable healthcare AI.
🧩 Bridging Human Intelligence and AI Power: How Clinical Reasoning Frameworks are informing Medical AI
🧩 AI learns to think like master Clinicians using structured reasoning frameworks. "Nildoocarp" + interpretability = teachable medical AI.
🧠 Unlocking the Black Box: How AI Interpretability is Transforming Digital Healthcare Decision-Making
Healthcare AI interpretability breakthroughs as claimed by Anthropic. Can we currently see how AI makes decisions?
Learning, Leading, and Innovating: The Personal Journey Behind Regenemm’s Success
Regenemm’s journey reflects continuous learning, teamwork, and innovation using AI and data science to create novel healthcare solutions.
Building the Right Team in the Right Direction for Entrepreneurial Success
Discover key leadership insights on building a strong, adaptable team to drive innovation, growth, and success in your startup journey.
Deepening the Narrative: Immersing AI for the Now of Healthcare
Regenemm Healthcare uses AI to drive transparency, health equity, and collaboration, reshaping healthcare for a fairer, open future.
Embracing the Future: AI Integration and the further evolution of Regenemm Healthcare
Regenemm Healthcare integrates AI and NLP to revolutionize personalised care, empowering users with proactive, data-driven health solutions.
Building interconnected Healthcare through Regenemm's Health Platforms
Regenemm Healthcare has evolved to incorporate many facets of AI-driven interconnected healthcare.
Regenemm Healthcare: Combining realtime biometrics, psychometrics and AI
Regenemm Healthcare uses smartwatch biometrics and psychometrics to combat healthcare practitioner burnout.
Regenemm Healthcare advances Patient care through AI assistance
At Regenemm, we aim to enhance patient care with digital innovation and collaboration, focusing on efficiency and personalized treatment.
An Overview of AI Ethics in healthcare
This is a comprehensive and insightful overview of the ethical considerations surrounding AI in healthcare, focusing on NLP applications.
Democratising AI Ethics in healthcare
A shift is underway in the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and Ethics in healthcare.
# Behind the Scenes in Digital Healthcare: The Big Data Grab and Its Impacts on Medical Ethics
Explore the deeper story behind big corporates looking to control healthcare data
The Fine Print: What Medical Practitioners Need to Know About Data Ownership Contracts
It's time for digital healthcare companies to level up and practice effective, real-world transparency in the data management practices.
How to recharge during the workday – take a microbreak.
In a world vying for our constant attention, 1, 5 or 9min microbreaks are a great way to improve energy & attention levels
Sleep! We can’t live without it
How much do you know about the impact of missing sleep? Surely missing a few hours’ here and there won’t cause that much damage. Think again
What does it really mean to be Agile in the healthcare workplace?
Healthcare companies have been somewhat slow to take on this required change of exhibiting agile management practices over the last decade
Having a life purpose contributes to your wellbeing and performance
A clear and strong link to your life purpose helps to build your wellbeing and aids with performance.
Leadership and Adaptability Quotient (AQ): Moving from EQ to AQ
It is critical, therefore, to define, measure, and develop a leader’s Adaptability Quotient.
Improving the commercialisation skillset of the Researcher Founder
Re-adjusting to the changing demands of a start-up is essential for the University researcher aiming to be a successful Founder / CEO
Key contract terms to negotiate in an outsourced IT Project
There are beneficial terms to request in an outsourced IT project
Are "time and materials" contracts used preferentially by outsourcing IT firms?
Problems with Time and materials contracts in IT outsourcing
Role of Universities in successfully commercialising research projects
Universities have a central role in the successful commercialisation of internal bioscience research projects
Fixed outsourced IT contracts vs Time and materials - Which is preferred?
Using fixed contracts are, in our opinion, best for Outsourced IT projects
Creating appropriate contractual agreements for outsourcing IT projects
Appropriate contractual agreements should be carefully crafted with any outsourced services for a start-up.
Assigning progressive IP rights and Source code from outsourced IT firms
Progressive ongoing assignment of software Source code as the project evolves can benefit both parties.
Key downside risks of an outsourced IT software project
Risk management and good governance in IT software projects outsourced from a MedTech company.
What is the role of the Researcher Founder in creating a successful start-up commercialisation?
The role of the Researcher / Founder in creating a successful commercialised project is complex.
Resolving commercialisation issues at the University - Researcher Founder level
Resolving conflicts at the University Researcher Founder level can be difficult and complex
Outsourcing vs. Internal IT Teams: Lessons from Developing the Regenemm Healthcare Project
Which is the most appropriate IT methodology for a Start-up Healthcare team?
Negotiating the many start-up learning curves - Outsource or In-house software development?
Start-Up Software dev teams: Outsource or build an Internal team?
Improving commercialisation practices at the University - Researcher Founder level
Commercialisation practices need to be re-examined and improved at the university level - how can this be done?
Commercialisation of University developed research projects: How are we doing in Australia in 2020's?
University lead research has a long road ahead to successful commercialisation.
Increasing your EQ and AQ may help prevent and reduce Occupational Overload
When the going gets tough at work, what core personal characteristics can you draw upon to improve burnout?
Refocused Resilience
When resilience is usually considered, it relates mainly to the ability to handle adversity.
Psychological Safety is Critical to the Success of All Medical Teams
Paradoxically, better medical teams report higher documented error rates than lower-performing teams. Why? Psychological safety.
Re-engineering the medical and corporate mindset
There is no greater need in medical & corporate professions than the need to eradicate stigmas associated with discussing personal burnout.
The Digital Transformation of Healthcare
The future of healthcare is happening before our eyes.
Adaptability Quotient AQ, the secret ingredient to collaboration?
How do increased curiosity, unlearning & refocussed resilience work to increase effective collaboration? The answer is an adaptive mindset
Adaptability in this Technological age
There maybe a new kid in town, a new meaning to examine, and a new concept to explore. That is the Adaptability Intelligence quotient: AQ.
Centering your voice: the path of mindfulness
Stilling the voice within enables you to hear the part of you that directs the most decisive, and most individual, path for you.
Redesigning Healthcare delivery in the 2020’s: Agile practices
At the Creative Thinking Institute, we have developed a series of measures that could be beneficial in setting up agile environments.
Pitfalls and Problems Leading to Failures of Agile Processes in Healthcare
Agile practices are widely embraced to improve team functionality, shorten product time to market and heighten innovation and creativity.
The How and Why: Increasing the Adoption of Agile Processes in Healthcare?
An agile infused workplace can give greater flexibility to incorporate new knowledge, new tools and new technology
Naps, your untapped weapon
Looking to improve your focus and recall but short on time? It turns out a short nap might be the answer.
A COVID Safe 2021
As we reach the end of December we’re taking an opportunity to look back at the year that was.
Helpful actions to manage your COVID-19-related mental health stress
Even the most simple, routine behaviours can help alleviate anxiety and depression symptoms.
We're Hiring - Data Scientist/Engineer
We're a biotechnology company using MedTech to create a comprehensive health platform maximising individual stress performance levels.
In times like these...
‘There is nothing permanent except change’ (Heraclitus). Words first spoken over 2,500 years ago, but never more relevant than right now.
Anxiety and the Second Wave: What is it doing to us
We can learn to slow the speed in which things are changing, we just need to acknowledge the sense of urgency that comes with the anxiety.