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Was at a doctor's office yesterday, and was asked to sign - note they never say "read and sign" - an agreement for the use of "Heidi" software, which was described as "note-taking software" along with the usual marketing fluff.

Of course, it's actually just "AI"-powered transcription software, presumably trained on a bit more medical text / patient files than a general-purpose model.

Independent investigations have shown these medical transcription "agents" result in terrible errors in patient files - some obvious, some not - which could result in brutal outcomes for patients, up to and including death by mistreatment / failure to treat.

So I circled the part that inconspicuously noted you can decline, and crossed out the part listing things you're agreeing to, and wrote "DECLINED" below that. Receptionist didn't blink an eye - so I'm not sure if they actually know handle people declining this (I doubt it). Probably she just checked the box on my file saying I'd signed - and presumably accepted - it.

#JustSayNo #AI #transcription #medical #patient #error #MedicalError #doctor #medicine

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@cazabon Last time I got such a piece of paper I said "I need to read this at home to check the fine print, I don't want to delay your schedule" and just never returned it.

Works great for all kind of processes where its unlikely that anyone will check again if an agreement is missing and its possible to kind of prove that I never signed it as I got the unsigned thing in my drawer.