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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by kaikai on Sunday May 03, 2026 @07:11PM (#48002599)
I’m a normal weight, and get asked the same question. More importantly, I can tell them, “I have a regular cycle” and they WILL NOT take that as an answer. I HAVE to give them a date, and they will ask me to make one up if I can’t remember or want to decline giving them that information.

Particularly given the alarming stories of people being prosecuted for having miscarriages, it feels ridiculous.

If anything I hope more automated diagnostics and triage could help women and POC get better care, but only if there’s safeguards against prejudice. There’s studies showing different rates of pain management across races and sexes, for example. A broken bone is a broken bone, regardless of sex or race.

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by thaumasiotes on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:58AM (#48005123)
> and they will ask me to make one up if I can’t remember or want to decline giving them that information

Doesn't this suggest that they don't care what the answer is?

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by rrr_oh_man on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:33AM (#48005338)
It sounds like a form to be filled out…
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by kaikai on Monday May 04, 2026 @11:55AM (#48010326)
They, as an individual healthcare provider, don’t care. The system will not allow them to ignore it, though, so the system cares very much.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by thaumasiotes on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:20PM (#48011762)
OK. What is this fact supposed to teach us?
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by smithoc on Monday May 04, 2026 @08:55AM (#48008109)
> Particularly given the alarming stories of people being prosecuted for having miscarriages

You need to delete your social media accounts and change where you're getting your news from. Nobody is "being prosecuted for having miscarriages". A few people have been investigated for drug abuse during pregnancy which led to the baby's death, which sensationalist news stories twisted into attention-grabbing headlines.

A doctor asking about cycle is just a core piece of diagnostic data like taking blood pressure and temperature, not some conspiracy to harm you.

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by Jiro on Monday May 04, 2026 @12:21PM (#48010761)
The system doesn't know that you're a smart person who will only say "I have a regular cycle" when you've had something that could reasonably be called a regular cycle. A lot of patients are stupid, and requiring a quantitative answer eliminates one source of stupidity. Yeah, this particular doctor knows you're smart, but I hope you can see what disasters might result if the procedure said "the doctor may skip this step if the patient is smart".

It's the same reason why the doctor will take your temperature, instead of accepting your word that you took your own temperature and it is normal.

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/primary-care-checkli...

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