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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs your doctor using AI?
https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-ai-health-doctors-microsoft-f63d7fcc4b361cf8073406bf231e2b92Is your doctor using AI?
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Updated 9:43 AM CDT, March 13, 2024
Dont be surprised if your doctors start writing you overly friendly messages. They could be getting some help from artificial intelligence.
New AI tools are helping doctors communicate with their patients, some by answering messages and others by taking notes during exams. Its been more than a year since OpenAI released ChatGPT. Already thousands of doctors are using similar products based on large language models. One company says its tool works in 14 languages.
AI saves doctors time and prevents burnout, enthusiasts say. It also shakes up the doctor-patient relationship, raising questions of trust, transparency, privacy and the future of human connection.
A look at how new AI tools affect patients:
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Is your doctor using AI? (Original Post)
dalton99a
Apr 27
OP
It is very likely AI (AI label is currently optional for patient communications)
dalton99a
Apr 27
#3
CrispyQ
(36,774 posts)1. Interesting.
The emails I get from one of my docs is weird-friendly. It's not offensive it's just odd & not in line with how he comes across in RL.
dalton99a
(82,120 posts)3. It is very likely AI (AI label is currently optional for patient communications)
Epics market share among health systems and academic medical centers has now reached ~60%. As of October, Epic now will be used by every health system on U.S. News & World Reports best hospitals list, with more than 90% of the countrys medical students are trained on Epic systems.
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https://www.epic.com/software/ai/
Artificial Intelligence
AI is improving healthcare and has great potential to do much more. AI is used in many forms, including generative AI and predictive models, throughout Epics software today with more than 60 significant development projects underway.
Cool Stuff Now: Epic and Generative AI
With Epic, Generative AI seamlessly integrates into your Electronic Health Record (EHR), revolutionizing the way we operate. Our HIPAA-compliant pipeline effortlessly incorporates state-of-the-art language models, like GPT-4, enabling your team to break free from time-consuming, repetitive tasks and focus on what truly matters. Watch our video below to see how AI personalizes patient responses, streamlines handoff summaries, and provides up-to-date insights for your providers.
usonian
(10,319 posts)2. Not at all!
I got a prescription to take 1 CR2032 battery every morning, and I feel charged up.
Hotler
(11,589 posts)4. Hhhmmmmmm ..... Did my doctor really go to med school?
Shermann
(7,668 posts)5. It sounds like a South Park episode
The South Park gang used AI to respond to their clingy girlfriends' texts in an overly romantic and attentive manner. Hilarity ensues.
Shermann
(7,668 posts)7. That's the one!
The association sort of exposes the whole idea as being ridiculous, doesn't it?
dembotoz
(16,894 posts)8. ai is everywhere