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Healthcare AI is evolving fast, and so are the lessons we’re learning along the way! As researchers, 2024 has been a busy year exploring how large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs) interact with healthcare data, from handling synonymous drug names to managing demographic biases and multilingual performance. Some of what we found was surprising—like how a simple switch from a brand to a generic name could throw a model off track. In this blog post, we’ll take you through the highlights of our journey, sharing what these findings mean for making healthcare AI more reliable, fair, and helpful.