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Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns
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Healthwatch England has raised concerns that artificial intelligence tools used to transcribe medical consultations frequently make critical errors involving medication names and diagnoses. Patients have reported finding inaccuracies in their records that were overlooked by general practitioners, highlighting potential safety risks associated with the technology.
WHY IT MATTERS
This matters because inaccuracies in AI-generated medical transcripts can lead to severe patient distress and misdiagnoses that go unnoticed by attending physicians.
Exclusive: Patients identify errors in consultation transcripts that are missed by GPs, Healthwatch England findsAI technology that listens to and transcribes patients’ consultations with doctors can put them at risk by getting the names of drugs and illnesses wrong, an NHS watchdog has warned.In one case a woman was left badly shaken when the AI scribe’s summary of her conversation wrongly said she had demyelination – serious nerve damage that can lead to multiple sclerosis. Continue reading...
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