I wouldn't assume that - just because the money isn't coming from your pocket directly, it's inevitable there are doctors that milk the system. But you'd think bureaucrats whose job it is to assess the legitimacy of requests to the NHS (or equivalent institution in your own country) for payment might be harder to swindle than your typical patient.
Truth is that modern medicine still knows much less than is often assumed, let alone individual doctors. There's an absurd amount of potential for LLMs here.
> There's an absurd amount of potential for LLMs here.
The problem is not that doctors are stupid, the problem is that a lot of ailments are just not easily diagnosed. Even if the doctor has one (or more) suspicions what the red rash on your skin is, there just aren't any tests for many conditions. Many diseases are only diagnosed by symptoms and the underlying cause is unknown.
And even if you get a diagnosis, there is often nothing you can do.
LLMs are not going to magically come up with cures.
https://coinbrain.com/coins/bnb-0xb131f5e8ec273af4652eecdd87...
This will change everything
There aren't any tests that the doctor has on hand, because the doctor is a unit in the medical system designed to provision affordable care instead of a scientist attempting to cure you. It would be too expensive to test you, especially for something that will probably go away on its own.
Everyone who talks to the patient, who touches them, and who is consulted by the doctor, gets to charge. Yup, that means if another doctor happens to walk by, and confirms what he just told me, he gets to charge me again (double).
Feels like theatre every time I go to the doctor, so I just tell the secretary "I'm talking to you and Doc, no one else", and just quietly stare at anyone else who pops in.
Usually insurance covers this stuff, but I was uninsured when I discovered it .
This is accurate. Years ago I had a kidney stone and the GP asked for an IVU (Intravenous urography) image to make sure about the size. The report prepared by the radiologist had the statement "operation is required".
When I got back to my GP just laughed sarcastically and told me that it was nothing to be worried of. He also said "the radiologist just wanted to return the favor, in case the GP wanted to operate". He was sick of this scheme too, but there was nothing he could do.