Lemmy, I really would like to hear your opinions on this. I am bipolar. after almost a decade of being misdiagnosed and on medication that made my manic symptoms worse, I found stable employment with good insurance and have been able to find a good psychiatrist. I've been consistently medicated for the past 3 years, and this is the most stable I have been in my entire life.
The office has rolled out the use of an app called MYIO app. My knee jerk reaction was to not be happy about the app, but I managed my emotions, took a breath and vowed to give it a chance. After being sent the link to validate my account, the app would force restart my phone at the last step of activation. (I have my phone locked down pretty tight, and lots of google shit, and data sharing is disabled, so I'm thinking that might be the cause. My phone is also like 4-5 years old, so that could also be the cause.)
Luckily I was able to complete the steps on PC and activate that way. Once I was in the account there were standard forms to sign, like the HIPAA release. There was also a form there requesting I consent to the use of AI. Hell to the NO. That's a no for me dawg.jpg.
I'm really emotional and not thinking rationally. I am hoping for the opinions of cooler heads.
If my doctor refuses to let me be a patient if I don't consent to AI, what should I do? What would you do? Agree even though this is a major line in the sand for me, or consent to keep a provider I have a rapport with, who knows me well enough to know when my meds need adjusting?
EDIT: This is the text of the AI agreement. As part of their ongoing commitment to provide the best possible service, your provider has opted to use an artificial intelligence note-taking tool that assists in generating clinical documentation based on your sessions. This allows for more time and focus to be spent on our interactions instead of taking time to jot down notes or trying to remember all the important details. A temporary recording and transcript or summary of the conversation may be created and used to generate the clinical note for that session. Your provider then reviews the content of that note to ensure its accuracy and completeness. After the note has been created, the recording and transcript are automatically deleted.
This artificial intelligence tool prioritizes the privacy and confidentiality of your personal health information. Your session information is strictly used for the purpose of your ongoing medical care. Your information is subject to strict data privacy regulations and is always secured and encrypted. Stringent business associate agreements ensure data privacy and HIPAA compliance.
No, but.
One of my doctors has an assistant nurse (or whatever they're called in the hierarchy) take notes just so the conversation can be more fluid. She always asks my permission for if that's okay with me.
My other doctor types and reads out her notes with me towards the end of my visit to make sure she hasn't missed anything, and she makes me feel heard and involved.
No, I wouldn't consent. Sending my PHI to a third party is unnecessary, and AI data centers are a net negative on the planet. I also wouldn't trust that the Ai service provider isn't helping themselves to your data + doctor's feedback to use for further training anyway. Thank god healthcare providers are required to ask before shunting your info off to some third party.
But, if presented with this, I'd talk to my doctor about the extent that third-party AI-services are already being used in my own healthcare. If I can fully opt out, I'd stay. If I didn't have a real choice to opt out, and if it were easy to find a new doctor that didn't use Ai-services, ~l'd fuck off so fast, like bye felicia, I ain't dealing with this palantir-esque bullshit just for getting a rx refill~