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Well it was a nightmare for my mother's do-nothing GP surgery in the UK. She had several conditions which were being handled completely separately without centr
by b800h 3mo ago
Well it was a nightmare for my mother's do-nothing GP surgery in the UK. She had several conditions which were being handled completely separately without central coordination, and her health was in serious decline. We went in with a list of 20 AI-generated questions based on her conditions and treatment (which I was able to screen as I have a bio postgrad, but not medical training), including those related to NICE guidelines and procedure, and, frankly the GP bricked it and ordered a load of new interventions. My mother started to get proper treatment.
I wouldn't trust AI to make a diagnosis, but I would absolutely trust it to notice where procedure hasn't been correctly followed, where a treatment is counter-indicated because someone has missed a line on a health record, or where there's a clear potential alternate diagnosis which has been missed for spurious reasons. Also, unfortunately, where doctors aren't doing a decent job - often because they're overworked or underfunded.
- ricardobayes 3mo agoUK has probably the worst healthcare in the developed world. In part perhaps due to UK blindly accepting any kind of medical degree (doctors and nurses) from all over the globe. Yes, you heard that right, they verify the validity of the degree but there is no formal standardized exam to sit to practice in the UK.
- b800h 3mo agoHer nurses frequently couldn't speak English. I had to spell out her medical conditions letter by letter so that the nurse could input it onto the medical system. She was entering gibberish / wrong info until I stepped in, as I was watching the PAS out of interest.
- weatherlite 3mo agofucking hell. dont they have language tests for foreign nurses? how the hell did she pass it ?
- b800h 3mo agoThey effectively had tourist English. They're probably in through an agency so the financial incentive is to find an examiner who will give the right answer.