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... According to the complaint, this system "captured and processed their confidential physician-patient communications. Plaintiffs did not receive clear notice that their medical conversations would be recorded by an artificial intelligence platform, transmitted outside the clinical setting, or processed through third-party systems."

The complaint adds that these recordings "contained individually identifiable medical information, including but not limited to medical histories, symptoms, diagnoses, medications, treatment discussions, and other sensitive health disclosures communicated during confidential medical consultations."

In recent years, Abridge's software and AI service have been rapidly deployed across major health care providers nationwide, including Kaiser Permanente, the Mayo Clinic, Duke Health, and many more.

When activated, the software captures, transcribes, and summarizes conversations between patients and doctors, and it turns them into clinical notes. (This reporter gave his consent for its use during multiple medical visits at Kaiser facilities in Northern California over the last two years.) ...

@#1

I had a recent visit to my primary care physician. Among the ~mounds~ of things I had to agree to was a simple statement ... ~will you allow AI to record your conversations with the PCP so that the PCP does not have to spend time typing in your responses?~

Misleading, imo, I'd say, yes.

Now that I read this article, i have to wonder, how will my medical information be sold?

Will it make me more or less able to buy life insurance?

How will my health insurance rates rise?

And if I tell my PCP that I am a trans, will Pres Trump come after me?

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