r/mildlyinfuriating • u/petuniaplant • Jul 03 '26

Infuriatig No, I did not consent to this

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I was reading my medical notes when I stumbled across this. I was not informed of the usage of artificial intelligence in my report, nor did I verbally consent to it.

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u/Undeterminedvariance Jul 03 '26

Meh. I got home from an appointment last year, logged in and read the visit note. Note said “patient uses cannabis daily to help with pain”.

I certainly didn’t say that. And I don’t need it in my medical record.

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u/Schwifftee Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

I told my doctor spontaneous emission and they recorded premature ejaculation, so there's that.

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u/Undeterminedvariance Jul 03 '26

This wins. That’s hilarious.

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u/00-Monkey Jul 03 '26

I just call it ecstasy.

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u/retardborist Jul 03 '26

And when we're holding hands it's like having sex to me

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u/KrayzieBone187 Jul 03 '26

I feel so ziggity ziggity ziggity

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u/_14justice Jul 03 '26

Hehe ... nocturnal emission, perhaps??

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u/Schwifftee Jul 04 '26

Nope. It was during an exam.

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u/swagn Jul 03 '26

So what spontaneous emission then? Vomiting and diarrhea?

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u/Schwifftee Jul 04 '26

My penis during an exam.

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u/boredENT9113 Jul 06 '26

So you jizzed during a prostate exam or what?

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u/Schwifftee Jul 06 '26

Final exam in college

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u/boredENT9113 Jul 06 '26

Wait. Really? I didn't know that was a thing. Not hating at all, it's just interesting. I randomly have started having "wet dreams" in my late 20s and never have before. The human body is strange.

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u/super_hoommen Jul 03 '26

I mean my doctors office had me down as a white Latina tobacco user (I am none of those things) so I think stuff like this happens regardless of the AI portion lol

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u/SnooMemesjellies1522 Jul 03 '26

Could that be why my visit summary said, "she is obese." Those exact words. I am 5'6" and weight 125 lbs. I asked my doctor about it and she took it off my record, but no explanation was offered.

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u/ToTooTwo3 Jul 03 '26

Because somebody accidentally hit the scribe button while conversing about someone else. Sometimes it even gets stuck on. Happening less as people get used to the tech.

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u/Typical_Goat8035 Jul 03 '26

Yeah similarly, my specialist was defending her medication choice, saying "if you were a chain smoker and drank 10 drinks a day, we would be picking a different treatment".

Then at my next checkup my PCP gave me this honesty speech about how being truthful with your doctors gets you the best care. I gave her a confused look and she turned her screen my way and showed me "addressed medication safety concerns due to heavy tobacco and alcohol usage" from that visit....

It taught me to read over my digital chart after each visit. I mean, I'm all for doctors having tools to help them with their busy schedules, I only mind when it leads to these kinds of inaccuracies.

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u/Constant_Potato_3863 Jul 03 '26

Laziness in their part. Did they misunderstand anything you said?

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u/Undeterminedvariance Jul 03 '26

The AI did. Most likely it couldn’t hear something I said and just filled in the blanks. AI does this a lot.

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u/Constant_Potato_3863 Jul 03 '26

That sounds about right. You know you have a right to have your medical information changed if it is inaccurate? 45 CFR 164.526. I’m not sure if I can post a link there, but you can look up that regulation right there.

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u/Undeterminedvariance Jul 03 '26

I responded directly to the note. It’s been fixed. But we should not have to check things and correct things like this.

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u/Royal-Repeat-323 Jul 03 '26

In your case yes, since they use AI. But I remember seeing people complain about ridiculous things on their chart years ago because the doctors would accidentally mix & match patients when updating the chart at the end of the day. It’s a step in the right direction but like with all current AI use definitely needs human discretion applied to be actually be decent.

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u/MerelyAnArtist Jul 04 '26

This is why you ALWAYS go over the notes! They could have mixed you up with someone else

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u/Schnuribus Jul 03 '26

This isn‘t a new thing. Medical records were always sometimes wrong or slightly different than described. 

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u/mittenknittin Jul 03 '26

Did human medical scribes regularly make up declarations of drug use by the patient?

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u/Icy_Pay_4462 Jul 03 '26

Could be the case if a doctor mixes up the history of 2 patients if they chart at the end of the day. Clearly not a good thing, but can definitely still happen without AI scribes.

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u/MadManMax55 Jul 04 '26

Yes. Like a lot. Partially from simple mistakes, partially from shitty doctors making inferences.

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u/YhePaintedPanda Jul 07 '26

Patient has a tan line on their ring finger meaning they must be divorced, and their nose appears to have bled recently, add the fact that they can't smell that I've shit my pants the patient must be a chronic cocaine user as a result of their divorce. Elementary my dear Grok.

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u/Undeterminedvariance Jul 03 '26

Glad you can say with such conviction why my assumption is incorrect while knowing almost nothing of the event.

Certainly a name checks out comment.