Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns

68 points by kiyomoris 15 hours ago on reddit | 5 comments

Yuzral | 15 hours ago

So it’s currently at the level of a first year undergraduate or a new band 2 clerk that happens to have memorised the textbooks. People at that level have their work checked and the LLM output should be no different.

ketosoy | 15 hours ago

the end note is crucial:

>  But, she added: “The fact is, doctors can and do make mistakes without AI. And it is certainly possible the error rate is worse.”

> More than half the 1,003 UK GPs in her survey last year believed that their ambient AI records were more accurate than those produced themselves, Blease said.

Miochiiii | 10 hours ago

doctors make a LOT of mistakes on prescriptions. thank your local pharmacies for fixing things and making sure you get your meds :)

AlwaysHopelesslyLost | 11 hours ago

It is also misleading. Their belief in accuracy is not reliable. That is something that needs concretely analyzed.