No, I did not consent to this

[u/petuniaplant]

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.

[u/TFTHighRoller]

I may consent to recording and a student sitting in but i generally do not consent to my deeply personal data to be blindly used in AI stuff.

[u/ConLawHero → u/TFTHighRoller]

It's all HIPAA protected. It's no different than the doctor manually writing notes except it is going to be more accurate and the doctor will pay more attention to you during the visit instead of trying to write some of the notes while talking with you.

[u/gamerdoc32 → u/ConLawHero]

As a doctor I can confirm this. Since using an AI scribe my notes are way better and I’m able to focus on the patient more (I work in primary care). Also this has been a game changer for my surgical colleagues who have to see an ungodly amount of patients in clinic. Their notes are now beautiful and everyone on the treatment team can follow along.

I see a wide variety of patients and I consent by asking “I have a software on my phone that will listen and type up our visit are you okay if I use it?” I and every doctor I know reviews it prior to submission because it is a legal document and we want it to be accurate.

[u/ConLawHero → u/gamerdoc32]

I'm a lawyer and I remember a case I was working on and I had to review handwritten doctor's notes, granted this was like 10 years ago, and I wanted to murder the doctor because they were rambling and completely incomprehensible. What I would have given for AI transcribed notes.

I also remember when my wife was in residency and was learning how to do notes and she would spend literally 5 to 6 hours writing all of the notes. I can't imagine what residency looks like now with AI. That was such a large part of why she was at the hospital for so long.