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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by ipaddr on Sunday May 03, 2026 @09:08PM (#48003442)
I would use one for sure. Much of medicine is getting tests / labs booked fighting to get certain medicines. Doctors will barely give you 5 minutes only deal with one issue per visit, rarely are available and going into an office can make you sicker. An llm with Doctor powers could offer more. I don't think we are at the surgery point but we are past getting notes and medicine's refilled.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by n8henrie on Sunday May 03, 2026 @10:10PM (#48003847)
So why not order your own labs? I'm sure you can think of ways to get your own medications if you are sufficiently convinced that this is the best course of action for your health.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by jmalicki on Monday May 04, 2026 @04:20AM (#48006023)
Because you can't order many of your own labs, and then insurance won't pay for them.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by n8henrie on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:21AM (#48008407)
> you can't order many of your own labs

Really? Which ones?

> insurance won't pay for them

Non sequitur, replacing doctors with AI will not help you pay for the preposterous US healthcare system. Vote!

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by jmalicki on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:28PM (#48011884)
> > you can't order many of your own labs > Really? Which ones?

There are extremely short lists of labs you can order yourselves. Virtually all of them are not on those short lists?

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by n8henrie on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:15PM (#48016195)
I would love to hear of any specific example, I will happily either show you how to order it or learn something myself.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by jmalicki on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @11:21AM (#48023786)
Arterial blood gas. Calcium score (may not count as a lab). Skin biopsy for cancer (does it count as a lab?). I'm unaware how to order my own troponin if I think I've had a heart attack (not that that's one I should DIY diagnosis). Prostate specific antigen.
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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by n8henrie on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @08:13PM (#48043716)
Several of those are more procedures than labs. Of course you can't get someone to do a procedure on you for free. Arterial sticks and biopsies may have nontrivial risks (and commensurate liability risk for the performing provider).

PSA and troponin seem trivial to get. Did you look?

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Re:OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50... by hellojimbo on Monday May 04, 2026 @11:04AM (#48009632)
i do
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