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oliwarneryesterday at 5:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

Notes need writing though.

You can do that by recording and transcribing (many methods) or your doctor has to write on the fly, or worse, has their head in their computer while you talk in their general direction.

Letting doctors talk and examine and not write is a wholly better experience.

Offsite third parties are the problem here. If this was done automatically without data leaving the room, is there a problem? Do you have the same objections to how your digital notes are stored?


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slumberlustyesterday at 5:53 PM

We agree on the desired outcome, but couldn't we also give doctors more time to do that job without AI? Feels like the blame is in the wrong place.

alistairSHyesterday at 6:42 PM

Maybe it's a regional thing, but in my last 3 appointments, 2 had an assistant doing the note-taking (as prompted by the treating physician or PA). The third was a virtual appointment, so no idea what notes were taken, if any.

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