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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Based on recent experiences in the medical system, AI replacements will probably be an improvement.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

As someone with a rare disease that took seeing literally dozens of doctors over 20 years to get a diagnosis, I'd prefer an AI doctor for diagnosis and maintenance. I'd prefer a human doctor working with AI for treatment.

In my experience, critical thinking is lacking in the medical profession.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That was bound to happen ever since "doctors make lots of money" became common knowledge and a bunch of people looking to become wealthy decided to go to med school. That combined with for-profit schools caused this problem. Schools that flunk out unworthy potential doctors are unable to continue collecting tuition from them. There's no incentive to expel students for poor grades.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

the issue is not with individual doctors or nurses.

the issue lies with for profit healthcare providers being slaves to the insurers. i work with providers daily; they are overworked and often are not able to provide the best care possible because the system sees people as a collection of data/telemetry to optimize.

it's disgusting, shameful, and damn near barbaric. not if you have a lot of money though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doctors, I'd be okay with switching to AI. Medical issues are pattern-matching, so I wouldn't mind. I'd want a human to review the AI analysis.

I don't know about that for nurses. Nurses are the ones who deal with patient care. A good nurse is listening, making sure you're well treated and provide bedside support. There are a lot of things AI won't be able to pick up.

Pharmacist/chemist? I can see it.

Anesthesiologist? Maybe? I don't think so.

Surgeon? Probably not.

Front desk person? Absolutely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Do you have any relevant healthcare experience which informs this opinion?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

My healthcare all rolled over like it does every single year... Except for my prescription plan. I had to register an account on their terrible website for both my wife and I before they would allow us to use our plan.