Perth doctors warned for using ChatGPT to write patient medical records
D octors in A ustralia using ChatGPT to write medical notes, which were t hen uploaded to patient record systems, were ordered t o stop by their CEO. An email shared with ABC showed that doctors at Perth's South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) had been using software such as ChatGPT to write medical notes which were then being uploaded to patient record systems, thereby potentially compromising patient confidentiality and privacy. The incident resulted in the hospital group's CEO ordering staff across the health service's five hospitals not to use AI chatbots. "Crucially, at this stage, there is no assurance of patient confidentiality when using AI bot technology, such as ChatGPT, nor do we fully understand the security risks,' warned SMHS chief executive, Paul Forden. It also led the Australian Medical Association to call for national regulation on AI in healthcare. System 🤖 ChatGPT Operator: South Metropolitan Health Service Developer: O penAI Country: Australia Sector: Health Purpose: Write medical records Technology: Chatbot; Generative AI; Machine learning Issue: Confidenti ality; Privacy; Security
- Date it happened
- 2023-05-01
- Organisation involved
- South Metropolitan Health Service
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
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