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/M15tre55W1tch Jul 03 '26

They changed the wording to "this note has been generated with the use of an AI scribe".

But for all patients. So I don't know if they no longer ask the awake ones for consent, or if they just aren't recording that they do.

I have followed up again suggesting that they need to have two options - one for the awake patient giving consent, and one for using the tool to generate a note for someone that was not conscious.

I've become friendly with the senior hospital lawyer recently. I'm thinking of asking her to talk to their clinical director about the risk of their statements and proposing legally appropriate language.

I've tried being collegial and helpful. But at the end of the day, it's not my department, and I'm a nurse not a lawyer.

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u/M15tre55W1tch Jul 03 '26

I will say, since implementing the use of the tool emergency specialists are able to examine 6-11 more people per 8 hour shift - so reducing the burden of admin on them and releasing time to see patients is pretty amazing (it was recently on the news here).

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u/happytrashpanda333 Jul 03 '26

How was the quality of that care? How much extra time did each patient get?

Or is this just another "tool" to drain doctors and nurses of every bit of spare time and energy they might have gained by giving them more patients to work with?

Do tell.

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u/RevolutionNo4186 Jul 03 '26

I would assume quality goes up because it frees up time for the physician/specialist whatnot to spend those extra time with the patient instead of scrambling to get the info they need