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    From JAB@here@is.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Mon May 18 11:46:36 2026
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    Your doctor's AI notetaker may be making things up, Ontario audit
    finds

    Made-up therapy referrals, incorrect prescriptions among the common
    mistakes.

    In recent years, many overworked doctors have turned to so-called AI
    medical scribes to help automatically summarize patient conversations, diagnoses, and care decisions into structured notes for health record
    logging. But a recent audit by the auditor general of Ontario found
    that AI scribes recommended by the provincial government regularly
    generated incorrect, incomplete and hallucinated information that
    could "potentially result in inadequate or harmful treatment plans
    that may potentially impact patient health outcomes."

    https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/your-doctors-ai-notetaker-may-be-making-things-up-ontario-audit-finds/

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  • From Retrograde@fungus@amongus.com.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Tue May 26 20:49:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.misc

    On Mon, 18 May 2026 11:46:36 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Your doctor's AI notetaker may be making things up, Ontario audit
    finds

    Made-up therapy referrals, incorrect prescriptions among the common
    mistakes.

    I've got a lawyer on the phone who says that doctors relying on AI
    sound like the target of an easy, lucrative lawsuit. Surely doctors
    aren't THAT stupid, are they? And if they are, let's sue them into a
    new line of work, like waxing cars.
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  • From JAB@here@is.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Wed May 27 07:24:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.misc

    On Tue, 26 May 2026 20:49:10 -0600, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Surely doctors
    aren't THAT stupid, are they?

    When "processing" a constant stream of humans, they can't remember all
    of their patients issues.
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  • From Retrograde@fungus@amongus.com.invalid to misc.news.internet.discuss,sci.misc on Wed May 27 21:26:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.misc

    On Wed, 27 May 2026 07:24:16 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 26 May 2026 20:49:10 -0600, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Surely doctors
    aren't THAT stupid, are they?

    When "processing" a constant stream of humans, they can't remember all
    of their patients issues.

    Then they should go wax cars! Or take notes, yknow, exercise brain
    power. If my doctor gets confused and can't remember if i'm the patient
    needing a mole removed or a kidney extracted, then that doctor is
    incompetent and should lose his license. Simples.

    No point making excuses for idiots, right? That's how we got into the
    current state of affairs I'm quite sure.
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