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This could potentially increase the number of useful questions being asked. My spouse is a physician. Recently she had to answer a phone call from a patient in
by chriskanan 3y ago
This could potentially increase the number of useful questions being asked. My spouse is a physician. Recently she had to answer a phone call from a patient in the middle of the night where they were asking a question from a party about something non-urgent for their child. In another case, she got called by a parent at 2am because their kid was having trouble sleeping but nothing else was wrong with them (welcome to parenthood). If people had to pay, maybe they would _think_ before asking questions.
I've been in meetings with healthcare providers about incorporating LLMs into text-based patient-physician messaging to improve triage and routing. It is just overwhelming for many providers. A large percentage are getting burnt out, and much of their time is uncompensated.
- Scoundreller 3y agoDid those patients press “4” for “urgent problems to be responded to immediately” or something? > If people had to pay, maybe they would _think_ before asking questions. Be careful, a lot more people might be calling at 4am because they figure it’s okay because they’re paying for it. At least other contractors can give people a “fuck off” quote for work they don’t want to take, but might be difficult to implement that here.
- linehedonist 3y agoPretty dismissive of your wife’s patients. To your “welcome to parenthood” I might reply “welcome to being a pediatrician.”