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Poll: Should clinicians help patients use GenAI?

Patients are already using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for advice on symptoms, diagnoses, test results, medications and treatment options. Previous Monthly Musings surveys confirm that use has grown quickly. This month’s survey asks a different question: Should clinicians play an active role in helping patients use GenAI for medical care, and […] The post Poll: Should clinicians help patients use GenAI? appeared first on Robert Pearl, MD.

Patients are already using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for advice on symptoms, diagnoses, test results, medications and treatment options. Previous Monthly Musings surveys confirm that use has grown quickly.

This month’s survey asks a different question: Should clinicians play an active role in helping patients use GenAI for medical care, and if so, what should that role look like?

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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest physician group. He’s a Forbes contributor, bestselling author, Stanford University professor, and host of two healthcare podcasts. Check out Pearl’s newest book, ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine.

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