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How overworked would a doctor need to be to hallucinate you told them about microdosing psillocybin when you never said anything of the sort? (And how easy is i

How overworked would a doctor need to be to hallucinate you told them about microdosing psillocybin when you never said anything of the sort? (And how easy is it to then convince the system you're not a recreational drug user when it's in your medical records you admitted to drug use? Does this change if you're from a background more likely to be stereotyped as drug users?) The humans are probably making mistakes like writing 100mg of something when they meant 10mg, which can also have dangerous consequences, but to an extent it's known this happens and there are processes to catch it. The type of mistakes and how much trouble and distress they cause matters as much as the number.

srveale 1mo ago
I recommend reading table 3 in this paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7284300/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7284300/ "It was stated in notes that I had lung cancer. I do not and never have had lung cancer." "I did receive a referral for physical therapy, it was for the wrong body part" "Doctor reported that I did not claim to have pain in my hand. I am a pianist and I went specifically because pain was in my hand." "I have been complaining of difficulty breathing [for over 3 mo]... notes saying my breathing is normal" And plenty more
cryzinger 1mo ago
To this day we have no idea why or how, but years ago someone at a chain of walk-in clinics once put a note in my wife's file indicating that she was a habitual cocaine user. She had no idea until she went in one time and they were like "So, are you still using cocaine?" (I do think this is extraordinarily rare compared to how often AI hallucinations happen, but it's such a bizarre story that I have to mention it.)
martin- 1mo ago
> How overworked would a doctor need to be to hallucinate you told them about microdosing psillocybin when you never said anything of the sort From personal experience I can tell you that it does indeed happen. Not specifically micro-dosing psilocybin of course, but of a similar nature, and completely made up. Not sure how it happens.

srveale 1mo ago

I recommend reading table 3 in this paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7284300/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7284300/ "It was stated in notes that I had lung cancer. I do not and never have had lung cancer." "I did receive a referral for physical therapy, it was for the wrong body part" "Doctor reported that I did not claim to have pain in my hand. I am a pianist and I went specifically because pain was in my hand." "I have been complaining of difficulty breathing [for over 3 mo]... notes saying my breathing is normal" And plenty more

cryzinger 1mo ago

To this day we have no idea why or how, but years ago someone at a chain of walk-in clinics once put a note in my wife's file indicating that she was a habitual cocaine user. She had no idea until she went in one time and they were like "So, are you still using cocaine?" (I do think this is extraordinarily rare compared to how often AI hallucinations happen, but it's such a bizarre story that I have to mention it.)

martin- 1mo ago

> How overworked would a doctor need to be to hallucinate you told them about microdosing psillocybin when you never said anything of the sort From personal experience I can tell you that it does indeed happen. Not specifically micro-dosing psilocybin of course, but of a similar nature, and completely made up. Not sure how it happens.