The computer will see you now! One in five GPs are using AI to make diagnoses and write notes despite risk of errors By Kate Pickles For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01 BST, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 00:10 BST, 18 September 2024 e-mail View comments Family doctors are risking patient safety by relying on AI to help with diagnoses, a study has warned. One in five GPs admitted using programmes such as ChatGPT and Bing AI during clinical practice, despite no official guidance on how to work with them. Experts warned problems such as 'algorithm biases' could lead to misdiagnoses and that patient data could also be in danger of being compromised.
They said doctors must be made aware of the risks and called for legislation to cover their use in healthcare settings. Researchers sent the survey to a thousand GPs using, the largest professional network for UK doctors currently registered with the General Medical Council. The medics were asked if they had ever used any of the following in any aspect of their clinical practice: ChatGPT; Bing AI; Google 's Bard; or 'Other'.
More than half of the respondents (54 per cent) were aged 46 or older. One in five GPs are using AI to help with diagnoses, a study has found (file photo) One in five (20 per cent) reported using generative AI tools in their clinical practice. Of these, almost one in three (29 per cent) reported using these tools to generate documentation after patient appointments.
A similar number (28 per cent) said they used the.