State health department bans doctors from using generative AI such as ChatGPT
SA Health has banned all staff from using generative and open-source AI software, pending an evaluation of the risks, its chief executive says. The ban,…
Tag: Artificial intelligence (A.I.)
Who will take the blame when AI goes wrong — companies or doctors?
The difficulty of suing huge technology companies means doctors are more likely to bear the legal consequences if AI software goes wrong, experts warn. A…
Hospitals roll out software that tracks vital signs and ward notes to predict when patients will be discharged
Hospitals are rolling out doctor-made AI software that uses vital signs, ward notes and lab results to rank from 0-100 the likeliness that patients are…
Can doctors do anything about the deepfake medical misinformation threat?
Last December, endocrinologist Professor Jonathan Shaw discovered that an AI deepfake version of himself was calling doctors “idiots” for treating diabetes with metformin. He struggled…
Is the PSR using AI to root out dodgy Medicare billing? We ask its boss
GP Dr Chin Ven Tan was found guilty last year of altering medical records on an “industrial scale” to conceal inappropriate Medicare claims. According to…
Doctors using AI scribes say hallucinations are ‘frequent’: A non-existent neurological exam is just one example
A neurological exam that never took place and a declaration that an oral contraceptive prescription was for a male patient are among the “frequent” AI…
We once feared CT scans would destroy our clinical examination skills. Why does doctor technophobia persist?
It seems to be a human trait to suffer from cognitive dissonance. This phenomenon can be described as the discomfort that results from simultaneously holding…
Diagnosis, data and the doctor who raised millions from investors for an AI scribe
A doctor who co-founded an AI scribe business says it almost certainly will not expand into writing treatment plans or helping with diagnosis — even…
The real Professor Jonathan Shaw talks to AusDoc about his AI deepfake and the wider threat to medicine
Leading endocrinologist Professor Jonathan Shaw was on holiday on K’gari (Fraser Island) off the coast of Queensland, with the patchy reception that entails, when he…
Leading endocrinologist victim of deepfake AI scam showing him describe doctors as ‘idiots’
A leading endocrinologist has been the victim of a bizarre deepfake scam, with a news item fabricated by AI showing him describing doctors who prescribe…
