Sick and Systemic: Absurd Scenes from a Medical System That Works-Just Not for You (Volume 5) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798182158688)

Artificial intelligence has entered medicine with the confidence of a salesperson, the buzzwords of a corporate mission statement, and the urgency of a tech launch.

It promises to cure healthcare. So why does something feel so off?

In Sick and Systemic: Volume 5 - The AI Edition, physician and storyteller Arthur Lazarus turns a sharp, unflinching eye on what happens when AI is dropped into our already broken medical system. The real danger isn't that the computers will fail. The danger is that they will work perfectly-to help a dysfunctional system maximize profits instead of care.

Through a series of fast-paced, darkly comic scenes, Lazarus reveals a world that is eerily familiar:

• Friendly AI companions chat with lonely patients but fail to get them actual medical help.
• Computer programs calculate every medical variable except the human being in the room.
• Automated bots make medical decisions and deny insurance claims in the name of "innovation."
• Hospital executives celebrate a "successful" AI launch because they haven't yet figured out who to blame when it goes wrong.

This isn't science fiction. This is systems fiction-and it is happening right now.

Lazarus writes with dry humor and a doctor's sharp eye for what is really happening behind closed clinic doors. This book isn't anti-technology; it is anti-illusion. It will make you laugh, make you pause, and make you realize that the future of medicine is already here-and it's hiding in plain sight.

Author: Arthur Lazarus
ISBN-13: 9798182158688
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2026
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d