Opinion: No, I don’t want an AI scribe to write my pulmonologist’s note
“I don’t think an algorithm can re-create the specifically human experiences” of penning a physician note that will be meaningful and useful to the patient, writes Aliaa Barakat.
“Yes,” I said reluctantly to the urgent care provider who entered the exam room to see me that January morning, “I am OK with that.” She asked for consent to record our conversation “for the purposes of producing a draft of the encounter documentation.”
The evening before, I wasn’t feeling well and reached out to my pulmonologist. After a deliberative conversation, he suggested I visit an urgent care visit for respiratory viral testing. I was concerned that my underlying interstitial lung disease (ILD) might flare up.
