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This appears to be a very thoughtful and helpful study. It's also impressive to see the improvement in performance in just the last year of model development -

by pants2 1y ago

This appears to be a very thoughtful and helpful study. It's also impressive to see the improvement in performance in just the last year of model development - almost double. I've found o3 & deep research to be very effective in guiding my health plan. One interesting anecdote - I got hit in the chest (right over the heart) quite hard a month or so ago. I prompted o3 with my ensuing symptoms and heart rate / oxygenation data from my Apple watch, and it already knew my health history from previous conversations. It gave very good advice and properly diagnosed me with a costochondral sprain. It gave me a timeline to expect (which ended up being 100% accurate) and treatments / ointments to help. IMO - it's a good idea to have a detailed prompt ready to go with your health history, height/weight, medications and supplements, etc. if anything's happening to you you've got it handy to give to o3 to help in a diagnosis.

quantumwoke 1y ago
How confident was it in that diagnosis? Did you trust its confidence if so? I asked this to my medico wife and apparently the other possibility is pericardial effusion from injury which can be life threatening.
- pants2 1y ago
  Definitely - o3 proposed a few things initially: Costochondral separation, Intercostal strain, rib fracture, pericardial effusion and a few other things... After answering questions about symptoms, it gave me a few movements/actions to do and to rate the pain of each. Based on that it diagnosed me and gave me a timeline of what to expect and things to watch out for. Really it was as helpful as a doctor could have been in that scenario, IMO.
nradov 1y ago
SpO2 data from an Apple Watch (or any wrist device) is highly suspect and not reliable as a diagnostic tool. Under ideal conditions it can work reasonably well but it can also be thrown way off by multiple factors like wristband tightness, skin color, patient movements, dirt, etc. A cheap and simple dedicated pulse oximeter that clips on to your finger will generally be much more accurate and consistent.

by pants2 1y ago

quantumwoke 1y ago

How confident was it in that diagnosis? Did you trust its confidence if so? I asked this to my medico wife and apparently the other possibility is pericardial effusion from injury which can be life threatening.

pants2 1y ago
Definitely - o3 proposed a few things initially: Costochondral separation, Intercostal strain, rib fracture, pericardial effusion and a few other things... After answering questions about symptoms, it gave me a few movements/actions to do and to rate the pain of each. Based on that it diagnosed me and gave me a timeline of what to expect and things to watch out for. Really it was as helpful as a doctor could have been in that scenario, IMO.

nradov 1y ago

SpO2 data from an Apple Watch (or any wrist device) is highly suspect and not reliable as a diagnostic tool. Under ideal conditions it can work reasonably well but it can also be thrown way off by multiple factors like wristband tightness, skin color, patient movements, dirt, etc. A cheap and simple dedicated pulse oximeter that clips on to your finger will generally be much more accurate and consistent.