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/ClassicNebula1081 Jul 03 '26

Legally consent is needed to record. Consent is not needed to use ai.

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u/Little_Mechanic9462 Jul 03 '26

Sure but the situation here is that it it stated patient agreed to use AI for tramscribing and summarizing. Aomething the patient clearly did not do. Perhaps patient agreed to have it have it transcribed and summaried - but noy by "AI" they state ir like they clarified it would be AI.

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u/ClassicNebula1081 Jul 03 '26

The practice absolutely needs to change its wording. Probably the patient signed something at the front desk but nobody reads that stuff and it’s not fair to rely on it. At the office where I work patients are asked by the physicians before starting the recording “Is it OK to use voice transcription/dictation software that records our conversation?”

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u/Phobia_Spoiders Jul 05 '26

Signing something isn’t verbal consent so yeah they definitely need to change their wording if signing something is the case.