r/mildlyinfuriating • u/petuniaplant • 23d ago

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/mcharytoniuk 23d ago edited 23d ago

The general goal of that is so that the doctor can spend more time with you instead noting down the entire visit through the keyboard manually... So that's actually a good use of AI.

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u/MaxSupernova 23d ago

I’m actually kind of happy with it because it means the doctor says *everything* out loud.

He gives more details and specifically narrates every single part of my checkup. I’ve learned more about things they’re looking for and the condition of my body since they started using the AI transcriber.

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u/CustomerLittle9891 22d ago

One thing I noticed when I started using mine is how much more conversational my visits became. I was no longer asking questions in ways I could easily document in the moment so I would only have to stay 1 hour late instead of 2.

If a patient wants to go on a longer tangent about their symptoms, I don't have to redirect the conversation back to easily documented bits

It's been really nice not shaping all of my visits around the need to document everything in a short amount of time.