Rohit Anandmedical device analyst global data in interaction with ETHealthworld’s Rashmi Mabiyan Kaur talks about the potential of Artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot ChatGPT in supporting healthcare providers in clinical practice.
how I can ChatGPT change the ecosystem of medical diagnostics? What kind of impact can it bring?
ChatGPT, the AI platform created by OpenAI, can revolutionize and transform our current healthcare ecosystem into an AI-based ecosystem. ChatGPT can assist physicians in decision making, improve diagnosis, or help offer personalized medications for specific patients based on historical records. However, this cannot completely exceed the accuracy of a medical diagnosis made by a doctor. Based on previously provided data, medical diagnosis may be improved, but may not guarantee an accurate diagnosis. It is quite possible that the tool will produce completely inaccurate diagnostic results, since we have common symptoms in all diseases, an important aspect of diagnosis.
ChatGPT can make a transformative impact in the field of healthcare by aiding in medical diagnosis, analyzing vast amounts of data to aid in medical research, and providing personalized medicines.
Why one should be aware of the safe use of ChatGPT for medical diagnosis?
ChatGPT has the potential to answer questions in detail and may appear as a solution to healthcare problems. Google is generally used by a large population to read and understand diseases, symptoms, and sometimes for self-diagnosis purposes. Tools like ChatGPT and Google are just as harmful if used for self-diagnosis and treatment. Also, ChatGPT pulls information from multiple sources, so the researcher cannot assess the source of the information. In addition, small nuances in the information can be missed when extracting information automatically, affecting diagnostic accuracy.
What are the challenges that ChatGPT can bring to the medical diagnostic segment?
Despite being technically impressive, the idea of relying on ChatGPT to produce answers about medical diagnoses and health-related problems raises serious concerns. ChatGPT cannot always understand the complexity of human language and conversation. As a result, the answer may be superficial, lack deep understanding, and may misinterpret medical jargon. ChatGPT lacks the ability to express expressions, as a result, it cannot emotionally connect with patients on the same level as a doctor and pick up small observation queues that contribute to the accuracy of a doctor’s diagnosis. Also, the use of ChatGPT during medical emergencies by patients or attendants could put their lives at risk as the diagnosis cannot be verified or verified. Why should life sciences and hospitals or healthcare companies avoid entering clinical trial data or patient data into the free version of ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is currently in its infancy and its potential to violate our privacy is less discussed. There is not enough clarity or evidence about the safety of clinical trial data processed with ChatGPT. If the data is sensitive and can be misused, it becomes a big concern that privacy may be breached. ChatGPT may save or share uploaded information related to clinical trials to meet your business needs for future reference without prior consent.
How can this tool be used in Indian healthcare setting in clinical decision support, drug information, medical record keeping and others?
ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize the Indian healthcare scenario by providing real-time clinical decision support to healthcare providers, by offering patient-specific medications, it can be used to understand information such as the mode of action, side effects, contraindications related to a medication, and assist in medical record keeping by organizing data in a structured, easy-to-understand format.
How can this technology change the spectrum of medical diagnosis? What are some of your potential use cases both in the short and long term?
ChatGPT can be used to analyze existing diagnostic data to help identify disease at an earlier stage. ChatGPT could potentially be used for a wide spectrum of healthcare applications, such as robotics, digital wellbeing, and preventative therapies. ChatGPT can improve patient outcomes, particularly in conjunction with other technologies used in the presence of qualified healthcare professionals.
ChatGPT could be used as a high-level personal assistant to help with repetitive tasks such as writing medical certificates and patient charts. In addition, you could offer specialized assistance and advice to patients suffering from mental health conditions. Clinicians can use ChatGPT to help patients manage chronic conditions by providing guidelines for a healthy lifestyle that includes diet and exercise.
ChatGPT also has a long-term goal of alleviating the healthcare challenges we face today. ChatGPT could potentially help healthcare professionals generate medical documentation, automate discharge summaries and patient notes, thus replacing the manual work of performing repetitive tasks. You can help as a virtual tutor to provide medical education to students pursuing healthcare courses. In the long term, ChatGPT can serve as an initial point of contact prior to a patient’s physical encounter with a physician or take responsibility for manually documenting medical data such as patient history and prescription details, which in turn ultimately reduces both time and labor.
