My doctor violated my privacy by using AI (in a very disturbing way)

beantaco:

Instead I suggest using logic, moral arguments (both in general and medical ethics) and amicable communication with practices. I assume the practices are run by humans who have morality and can decipher right from wrong, and have some understanding of patient confidentiality.

Yes, this is my intent. I just want to know that the law is on my side so I can refer to it when speaking to my doctor. I do not want to make my doctor think that I intend to sue her because I don’t. I hope to have an amicable conversation, even if my doctor ends up not agreeing with me. At the very least, I want to feel heard and not dimissed out of hand.

beantaco:

However I’m not optimistic you will get a good outcome.

Yeah, this is my fear too. But I have to try and keep trying even if I fail.

johnandmegh:

This seems like the most key, indisputable point IMO - AI or not, your doctor/her office’s behavior makes patients feel like they spend more time on fancy one-pagers than on medical care.

You make a valid point. If I was going to receive terrible medical news, I would want my doctor to have prepared for it, and not find out literally right in front of me when they’ve had the results for days. Bedside manners count for something.

I belive my doctor cares, but I can appreciate that her job can be stressful. I could be wrong about this, but to me, the fact that so many of her appointments are delayed and don’t actually happen at the time they were scheduled with her patients, suggests to me that she cares enough to spend time with her patients and not rush them out to ge to the next patients.

That being said, I took the day off for my appointment, so I did not mind that it started 2 hours late. I can understand that for someone who just took 2 hours off work, that would be extremely frustrating. I always wonder, how people who work in an office full time, find the time to go to therapy every week. It’s not like therapists work weekends or evenings.