alt Hacker NewsI definitely agree that medical professionals are spread too thin and automation seems like it would be a boon but, as the article points out, the introduction of automation likely won't translate to more doctor-patient time it'll translate to doctors seeing more patients.
The solution not only introduces a problem (decreased privacy) but could reinforce the existing problem it's trying to solve.
> it'll translate to doctors seeing more patients.
This is also a good thing. Even in supposedly developed parts of the world like San Francisco it can be difficult to find a PCP that is taking new patients.