Digital Twins, Open Weights and Why China Could Win AI | Maria Sukhareva

Are "Digital Twins" the future of medicine, or just another marketing buzzword? In the final part of this deep-dive series, Stuart Miller and Maria Sukhareva (author of The AI Realist) break down the technical reality of world models and why true autonomous agents are farther away than you think.

Stuart introduces his 4-Level Maturity Model for AI in healthcare, challenging the industry to move past "dumb dashboards" toward Star Trek-level diagnostics. Meanwhile, Maria explains why China's open-weight models and efficient architectures are currently outpacing the West.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The Reality of AI: GPT-5 "Flops," Vibe Coding, and the ROI Crisis

Is the AI hype cycle finally crashing? In this episode of the Haverin About podcast, Stuart Miller sits down with AI expert and "Realist" author Maria Sukhareva to peel back the curtain on what’s actually happening in the world of Large Language Models (LLMs).

From the perceived "flop" of GPT-5 to the rise of "Vibe Coding," we explore why many AI agents over-promise and under-deliver. If you are a business leader wondering where the Return on Investment (ROI) is for AI, or a developer trying to navigate the "snake eating its own tail" in generated code, this deep di...

The Journey of an AI Realist: From Arctic Linguistics to BMW & Siemens

Is the current AI explosion just another hype cycle, or is there a deep technical foundation we’re missing? In Part 1 of this Haverin About special, Stuart Miller introduces Maria Sukhareva, the voice behind the popular AI Realist Substack.

Maria doesn't just talk about AI—she has lived its evolution. From her early days studying linguistics in the Arctic Circle to building the first NLP departments at BMW and Siemens, Maria provides a "realist" perspective that cuts through the marketing fluff. If you want to understand how translating the Bible led to the creation of Large Language Models (LLMs...

Want 2026 to be the best sales year of your career? Don't wait for it to be handed to you. In this episode, Stuart and Bethany break down exactly how to perform a professional reset for the new year.

We cover the "sales math" needed to reverse-engineer your new quota, how to conduct deep-dive account research before you make a call, and the essential "Sales Kickoff (SKO) Survival Guide" to ensure you network effectively without becoming the topic of conversation the next morning.

Whether you are an Account Executive or a Sales Leader, this practical guide...

In this episode of Haverin About, Stuart and Bethany sit down with Brian Whitehill, Founder and CEO of AccuSource Group, to unpack what’s really happening in the healthcare technology job market — and why so many talented people are struggling to get hired.

With more than 20 years of experience building go-to-market teams across health tech, Brian brings a refreshingly honest perspective on recruiting, hiring, and career survival. From the myth of the “Rolodex hire” to why LinkedIn’s Easy Apply has actually made job searching harder, this conversation pulls back the curtain on how hiring decisions truly get made.<...

What sales tools actually help you sell in Health IT — and which ones are just noise?

In this episode of Haverin About, Bethany and Stuart unpack the real-world tools, resources, and habits that successful healthcare sales professionals rely on today. From trusted industry news sources like HISTalk and Becker’s, to research platforms like KLAS and Black Book, to AI transcription tools and old-school notebooks — this episode blends practical advice with hard-earned experience.

You’ll hear candid takes on:

In this episode, we sit down with healthcare economist and consultant Andrew Tsang to unravel the US healthcare economy — a $4.9 trillion “abominable creature” made up of tangled incentives, complex financial flows, and systemic contradictions.

We explore Andrew’s viral system diagram, inspired by Ernst Haeckel’s biological illustrations, and examine how taxes, premiums, Medicare, Medicaid, employers, payers, and providers all interlock in ways that directly shape how hard it is to sell into healthcare.

What you’ll learn:

In this episode of Haverin About, Bethany joins Stuart from London as we dive into the world of business travel — the good, the bad, and the utterly chaotic.

If you work in healthcare IT, sales, consulting, or any role that sends you on the road, this conversation will feel very familiar.

We break down essential travel routines, airport preferences (ATL forever), Delta status realities, long-haul flight survival, SKO etiquette, and the travel tech we consider absolute must-haves.

We also share favorite road-warrior hacks, personal stories from early careers, a surprisingly HR-compliant workplace romance ti...

In Part 2 of our HLTH 2025 conversation, Stuart and Bethany dive into the actual innovations that stood out on the conference floor — not the flashy AI branding, not the megabooths, but the clever, focused technologies solving real problems for patients and clinicians.

Stuart shares three products that caught his attention:

• Temperature-sensing diabetic socks designed to reduce amputations

• Entia’s Liberty home CBC device enabling oncology patients to monitor blood counts without constant hospital visits

• PLAUD’s clinician-friendly portable ambient transcription tools, reshaping workflow for doctors outside exam rooms

You can buy your own...

In this episode of Haverin About, Stuart and Bethany dive into the HLTH 2025 conference in Las Vegas — exploring the conference’s origins, the reality behind the polished branding, and what actually happens when healthcare vendors, investors, payers, tech companies, and executives collide in one massive event.

Stuart shares his HLTH experience after attending industry conferences for over 35 years, while Bethany adds her take from last year’s event. Together, they dig into:

As 2025 comes to a close, sales leaders everywhere are revisiting comp plans for the new fiscal year. In this lively and insightful conversation, Stuart and Bethany talk with Chris Goff — compensation strategist, educator, and author — about what it takes to design sales compensation that actually motivates performance and aligns with business goals.

Chris shares practical lessons from years of experience helping organizations strike a balance between motivation, fairness, and financial discipline in their compensation strategies. From startup simplicity to enterprise-scale complexity, this episode explores what works, what fails, and why.

🕒 Episode Breakdown

00:00 – Introduction to Sales...

n this bonus conversation from Breathing Forward, Stuart and Dr. Peter D’Adamo go beyond lung disease to explore the human side of medicine. Together they reflect on genetic inheritance, inflammation, the philosophy of healing, and the promise of future transplant technologies.

Purchase Peter's NY Times Bestseller "Eat Right 4 Your Type" on Amazon

Peter shares his personal journey with IPF and telomere research, while Stuart connects the dots between family genetics, resilience, and living beyond a transplant. Expect a mix of deep science, humanity, and humor from two veterans of both medicine and life’s hard...

In this extraordinary episode of Haverin About: Breathing Forward, host Stuart sits down with Dr. Peter D’Adamo, renowned author of Eat Right for Your Type and one of the world’s most original thinkers in integrative medicine, genomics, and nutrition.

What begins as a podcast friendship between two transplant survivors unfolds into one of the most thoughtful and illuminating conversations about science, philosophy, and survival.

Diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) — the same disease that took his father’s life — Peter’s journey led him through the harrowing process of lung failure, hospitalization, and eventual sin...

In this deeply inspiring episode of Haverin About: Breathing Forward, host Stuart reconnects with Dean Mericka, a long-time colleague and fellow lung transplant survivor, to uncover one of the most extraordinary medical and personal journeys imaginable — surviving a rare double transplant: lungs and liver. A further twist - Dean's twin brother also required the same procedures within a year.

Dean’s story begins with a routine hip surgery that unexpectedly uncovered interstitial lung disease (ILD), which later led to the discovery of short telomere syndrome — a rare genetic condition shared with his identical twin brother. Within a few ye...

In this powerful episode, Stuart sits down with Jenny McFarlane, a double lung transplant survivor living with cystic fibrosis (CF), to share her remarkable story of resilience, faith, and purpose. Diagnosed with CF as a baby, Jenny defied the odds for decades before lupus accelerated her lung decline, and she was told she needed a transplant.

In this deeply personal and uplifting conversation, Jenny recounts:

🌬️ Her life before transplant and the emotional decision to move across states for surgery

💔 The fear and hope leading up to “the call” that changed everything

💪 The recovery jo...

We’re opening our Lung Transplant Series with Stuart’s double lung transplant story—co-hosted with Bethany. From the ICU moment of “We can’t save your lungs”, through a recovery “close plan” (yes, the sock test), to a late-night message from his donor’s mother, this is our most personal episode yet.

Released during the Lung Transplant Foundation’s National Lung Transplant Awareness Week and National Lung Transplant Awareness Day (October 9, 2025), we share what organ donation makes possible—and how families and teams can lead with grace when life hits hard.

You’ll hear about:

• The call...

Negotiation is everywhere. From battling with an insurance adjuster after storm damage to closing multi-million-dollar healthcare IT deals, the skills are the same.

In this episode of Haverin About, Stuart and Bethany dive into the art (and science) of negotiation. With real stories, practical strategies, and a dash of humor, they explore how to:

AI is everywhere in healthcare — from flashy demos on the expo floor to workflow tools in hospitals. But how much of it is real, and how much is hype?

In this episode of Haverin About, Stuart and Bethany cut through the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) around AI in healthcare. T

They share perspectives from both the vendor and healthcare system sides, blending serious insights with humor and stories.

You’ll hear about:

Episode 000 — Introducing Haverin About

Summary

Welcome to the very first episode of Haverin About! In this launch episode, father–daughter duo Stuart Miller and Bethany Miller Urroz share why they’ve decided to take their years of private conversations about healthcare, business, and technology public. You’ll get to know the hosts, their backgrounds, and what the word “Haverin” really means (hint: structured nonsense with a Scottish twist).

Together, Stuart and Bethany outline the podcast’s format, the themes they’ll cover, and why you’ll want to subscribe for the blend of sharp insights, ca...