{"id":20791,"date":"2025-11-09T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/what-we-lose-when-we-surrender-care-to-algorithms-eric-reinhart\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:37:19","slug":"what-we-lose-when-we-surrender-care-to-algorithms-eric-reinhart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/what-we-lose-when-we-surrender-care-to-algorithms-eric-reinhart\/","title":{"rendered":"What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare \u2013 with consequences for the basis of society itself<\/p>\n

The computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her \u2013 my dear friend \u2013 to a recent doctor\u2019s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has been getting short of breath climbing the front stairs to her apartment. In the exam room, she spoke slowly and self-consciously, the way people often do when they are trying to describe their bodies and anxieties to strangers. Midway through her description of how she had been feeling, the doctor clicked his mouse and a block of text began to bloom across the computer monitor.<\/p>\n

The clinic had adopted an artificial-intelligence scribe, and it was transcribing and summarizing the conversation in real time. It was also highlighting keywords, suggesting diagnostic possibilities and providing billing codes. The doctor, apparently satisfied that his computer had captured an adequate description of Pamela\u2019s chief complaint and symptoms, turned away from us and began reviewing the text on the screen as Pamela kept speaking.<\/p>\n

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\nA dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare \u2013 with consequences for the basis of society itself
\nThe computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her \u2013 my dear friend \u2013 to a recent doctor\u2019s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has been getting short of breath climbing the front stairs to her apartment. In the exam room, she spoke slowly and self-consciously, the way people often do when they are trying to describe their bodies and anxieties to strangers. Midway through her description of how she had been feeling, the doctor clicked his mouse and a block of text began to bloom across the computer monitor.
\nThe clinic had adopted an artificial-intelligence scribe, and it was transcribing and summarizing the conversation in real time. It was also highlighting keywords, suggesting diagnostic possibilities and providing billing codes. The doctor, apparently satisfied that his computer had captured an adequate description of Pamela\u2019s chief complaint and symptoms, turned away from us and began reviewing the text on the screen as Pamela kept speaking. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare \u2013 with consequences for the basis of society itself The computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her \u2013 my dear friend \u2013 to a recent doctor\u2019s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has …<\/p>\n

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