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Your Doctor's Screen Time Is Hobbling Health Care. (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Twenty years after President Bush laid out his vision for electronic health records, the U.S. has spent $100 billion for systems that keep doctors and nurses glued to their screens

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

AI is a mixed bag, and a whole lot of hype.

But voice-to-text auto-generation of patient notes during dr visits will be a huge win for the medical profession. Data entry by doctors and nurses will be cut down 10x (just review what the software transcribed, make edits, and sign off).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My fiancé works at a vet clinic that uses it and she says the doctors love it. The customers, however, don’t like that there’s an AI that listens to their visit so they just say it’s “software”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Transcription software has existed for decades and has no need for AI. It doesn’t need to interpret anything you’re saying, shoving AI into it is literally just making things worse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In this particular use case, no. The LLM not only transcribes, but it summarizes, drafts, and categorizes as well (ICD-10 codes, cross-referencing medical history, etc.).

Very useful for overworked and under-resourced healthcare workers.

Look, AI bolt-ons to existing software and processes often do suck. But this specific instance is a real positive use-case.

Every technology has a place where it’s useful - with LLMs, it’s just mostly been “let’s throw it at everything.” In most cases, it’ll fall away as useless, and a few cases, it’ll stick where it really adds value.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You really gotta hope those 5-10% LLM interpretive miss rares don't hit your particular case.

Also if it fucks up, the doctor is still liable for malpractice right? Or do they get to kick that ball down into the abyss of trying to get LLM companies to take responsibility for their products.