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Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by ShakataGaNai »

AI in health - makes sense.

OpenAI in health - I'm reticent.

As someone who pays for ChatGPT and Claude, and uses them EVERYDAY... I still am not sure how I feel about these consumer apps having access to all my health data. OpenAI doesn't have the best track record of data safety.

Sure OpenAI business side has SOC2/ISO27001/HIPAA compliance, but does the consumer side? In the past their certifications have been very clearly "this is only for the business platform". And yes, I know regular consumer don't know what SOC2 is other than a pair of socks that made it out of the dryer.... but still. It's a little scary when getting into very personal/private health data.

Gattaca is supposed to be a warning, not a prediction. Then again neither was Idiocracy, yet here we are.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by thunky »

blipvert wrote: post #180
drusepth wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This isn't feasible for a huge swathe of the USA, often because of costs/insurance but sometimes literally just accessibility/availability. A few years ago it took me nearly 8 months to find a PCP in my city that was accepting new patients (and, wee, they dropped my insurance less than a year after).

Maybe time to ask AI why you’re looking for a technical solution rather than addressing the gaslighting that has left you with such piss-poor medical care in the richest country on earth?

Already know the answer, don't need AI for that one.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by Dlanv »

Joined the wait-list. Can't wait.

AI already saved me from having an unnecessary surgery by recommending various modern-medicine (not alternative medicine) alternatives which ended up being effective.

Between genetics, blood stool and urine tests, scans (ultrasound, MRI, x-ray, etc), medical history... Doctors don't have time for a patient with non trivial or non obvious issues. AI has the time.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by petesergeant »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #168
roger_ wrote: post #74

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Disable memories so each chat is independent. If you want chats to shared info, then use a project.

Unfortunately I don't think that's a good solution. Memories are an excellent feature and you see them on.... most similar services now. Yes, projects have their uses. But as an example - I do python across many projects and non-projects alike. I don't want to want to need to tell ChatGPT exactly how I like my python each and everytime, or with each project. If it was just one or two items like that, fine, I can upda…

> The system knowing who I am, what I do for work, what I like, what I don't like, what I'm working on, what I'm interested in... makes it vastly more useful.

I could not disagree more. A major failure mode of LLMs in my experience is their getting stuck on a specific train of thought. Being forced to re-explain context each time is a very useful sanity check.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by georgebcrawford »

cyberpunk wrote: post #142
georgebcrawford wrote: post #124

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Not danger as in being kidnapped by government agents, danger in terms of being denied a job or insurance or anything else. Your comment is extraordinarily naive.

I wasn’t saying there is no danger — just that I didn’t really think about it or see the problem, your sibling comments have changed that. Maybe i am naive but i was asking genuinely not stating i think otherwise.. Unfortunately i have family members in the us and pretty much all of them happily sent their dna off to various services so im fucked either way at this point…

Good point, you did ask in good faith for an explanation and just fired off a quick comment that didn’t serve to further the discussion!

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by 8bitsrule »

jofzar wrote: post #118
timeon wrote: post #117

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> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? Is this serious question? Can't you call/visit doctor?

I'm Australian, but from what I understand from my friends in America, no. They only go when it's urgent/very worrying.

People with public health care may have a hard time understanding the costs of medical advice and pharma here in the US. We're in deep doo-doo.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by ghxst »

Unfortunately, I feel like I'm in the minority here, but AI has been really helpful to me and my doctor visits when it comes to preparing for a ~10-minute appointment that historically always felt like it was never long enough. I can sit down with an LLM for as long as I need and discuss my concerns and any potential suggestions, have it summarize them in a structure that's useful for my doctor, and send an email ahead of the appointment. For small things, she doesn't even need me to come in anymore and a simple phone call to confirm is enough. With the amount of pressure the healthcare system is under, I think this approach can free up a lot of valuable time for her to spend with the patients who need it most.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by k2xl »

ChatGPT arguably saved my fathers life two weeks ago. He was in a rehab center after breaking his hip and his condition suddenly deteriorated.

While waiting for the ambulance at the rehab center, i plugged all his health data from is MyChart and described the symptoms. It accurately predicted (in its top two possibilities) C Diff infection.

Fast forward two days, ER has prescribed in general antibiotics. I pushed the doctors to check for C Diff and sure enough he tested positive for it - and they got him on the right antibiotics for it.

I think it was just in time as he ended up going to the ICU before he got better.

Maybe they would have tested for C Diff anyway, but definitely made me trust ChatGPT. Throughout his stay after every single update in his MyChart I copy and paste the pdf to the long running thread for his health.

I think ChatGPT health- being able to automatically import this directly will be a huge game changer. This is probably my number one use case of AI is health and wellness.

My dad is getting discharged tomorrow (to a different rehab center, thankfully)

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by dayvid »

fnoef wrote: post #65

I’m kind of torn on this. From one side, I can’t seem to trust doctors any more. I recently had a tooth removed (by the advice of two different doctors), in a claim that it will resolve my pain, which it did not, and now 3 different doctors don’t know what’s causing my pain. Most doctor advice boil down to drink some water and take a painkiller, while glancing for 15 seconds at my medical history before they dedicate…

Based on recent experiences guiding my parents and younger brother through the medical world, I'm happy with AI as an alternative or complement. There are good doctors out there, but they're often booked solid or you only see them for 5-20 minutes in your parade of specialists you're forced to see to extract as much money from health insurance as possible
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