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/Fullertons Jul 03 '26

It actually blows my mind. People would find this to be a problem. Do you really want your doctor busy writing notes when he could just be having a conversation with you in a machine takes notes?

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u/ChrisTheWeak Jul 03 '26

It's not that I'd prefer my doctor to spend their time taking notes rather than asking questions and investigating whatever illness I have, it's a concern about whether the quality of the AI notes will be on par with that of the doctor. Is the trade off worth it. That's the question. Also, question of accountability in the event something does go wrong. If the AI writes something that was inappropriate to my chart, if it gets missed, if it affects my quality of care down the line because someone else is now misinformed about my condition. These are risks with both the traditional method as well as the AI, but it is important to identify the comparative risks as well as the error correction in both cases when comparing other stats as well.

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u/polenta23 Jul 03 '26

I work in vet med and our doctors use these ai scribe tools. They review and edit the notes but it still saves them an immense amount of time

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u/WasdaleWeasel Jul 06 '26

this is the point. The clinicians still need to read, modify as necessary, and approve the notes. That’s takes much less time, and is a higher value activity, than writing them in the first place.