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nradov | 4 days ago

I don't think that would tell us anything useful. The data quality in most patient charts is shockingly bad. I've seen a lot of them while working on clinical systems interoperability. Garbage in / garbage out. When human physicians make a diagnosis they typically rely on a lot of inputs that never appear in the patient chart.

And in most cases the diagnosis is the easy part. I mean we see occasional horror stories about misdiagnosis but those are rare. The harder and more important part is coming up with an effective treatment plan which the patient will actually follow, and then monitoring progress while making adjustments as needed. So a focus on the diagnosis portion of clinical decision support seems fundamentally misguided.

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qsera|4 days ago

> When human physicians make a diagnosis they typically rely on a lot of inputs that never appear in the patient chart.

Yea, like how rich the patient is or if they are on insurance etc. I wish I was kidding.

PearlRiver|4 days ago

This the real reason why some people go to chatGPT instead of a GP. I am glad to live in a country were going to the doctor is free.