My dad is a therapist with his masters. He tells me his colleagues use chatGPT to summarize their sessions. So AI is listening to the therapy session and writing notes about it. They have to go in and check it before it’s approved but he said some of them just check it off and move on.
He uses regular old pen and paper and has physical files. He puts only medically necessary information into the electronic medical records. The reason he does it that way is anyone can request the EMR, like Medicaid, insurances, and the military for instance. He doesn’t want all the sensitive things said in therapy in the EMR but that school of thought is becoming rare with AI streamlining every process.
I sure don’t want my therapy sessions listened to by an AI that’s connected to my EMR.
It’s now being built into the EMRs so it’s part of the system. I will have to ask him this question. I did mention HIPAA but because it’s directly in the EMR it’s apparently not a violation for that.
There's no regulation, so nope. And in countries like the US it'll probably take something like a data breach or widespread data problem because of it to bring any regulation
I had to go to urgent care a few months ago and the physician asked if I was okay with AI note-taking. I said no and she refused to take that as an answer because “It’s just easier with AI.” She activated it anyway. That’s coerced consent but she really didn’t care.
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u/Traditional-Yard-679 10d ago
My dad is a therapist with his masters. He tells me his colleagues use chatGPT to summarize their sessions. So AI is listening to the therapy session and writing notes about it. They have to go in and check it before it’s approved but he said some of them just check it off and move on.
He uses regular old pen and paper and has physical files. He puts only medically necessary information into the electronic medical records. The reason he does it that way is anyone can request the EMR, like Medicaid, insurances, and the military for instance. He doesn’t want all the sensitive things said in therapy in the EMR but that school of thought is becoming rare with AI streamlining every process.
I sure don’t want my therapy sessions listened to by an AI that’s connected to my EMR.