Some GPs are now relying on artificial intelligence to take notes during patient consultations. So how safe is our sensitive information?
For the last 12 months Dr Grant Blashki has used what he calls a "medical intern" in every appointment.
Dr Blashki uses software from Melbourne-based company Heidi Health, which is one of the main AI scribe tools used by clinicians in Australia. "All data is stored 100 per cent in Australian sovereign databases if you're an Australian customer — it's different obviously if you're overseas," Lyrebird Health CEO Kai Van Lieshout told 7.30.Patient notes are deleted automatically after seven days from Lyrebird Health's system , but users do have the option to manually extend this period to six months."I know that because we've had doctors that have needed something that we've had ...
He says patients and doctors should be making sure AI scribe companies are transparent with how they are storing and using data. Heidi Health then processes the conversation, in a process it calls 'Making Magic', then produces consultation notes. In response to 7.30's mock consultation, Dr Kelly said: "We summarise the clinical encounter reflecting their lines of questioning and using appropriate clinical terminology to describe them.
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