04/03/2026
This is one reason I decided to become a Direct Primary Care Physician. It’s tragic to me that so many patients don’t have a relationship with their doctor so have to turn to less reliable sources to navigate their complex healthcare needs. I love that my patients can text or call me when they have a question and I can give them a real time response based on science and their specific condition rather than public opinion.
~Women with chronic illnesses increasingly rely on AI for medical guidance
The New York Times (4/2, Astor) reports, “More people are asking chatbots for health advice: A third of adults use them for that purpose, according to a poll released” by KFF in March. The Times’ reporting “suggests that one notable subset are women with complex chronic illnesses, which are often poorly understood.” In interviews with the Times, women “said they knew chatbots often provided misinformation, and some had encountered serious errors.” The majority of them “said they would rather rely on” physicians, “but felt they couldn’t.” People “have long self-diagnosed through forums, social media, Google and WebMD,” so “in some ways, using A.I. to compensate for health care failures is a new version of an old story, said” AMA CEO John J. Whyte, MD. However, “the nature of the technology makes it both more powerful and more risky.”~
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