[rcpt]

Ignoring the mountains of regulation the issue with doctors is that bedside manner plays a huge role in effective treatment. Patients are often hiding symptoms in order to avoid a scary diagnosis or unaware that something they've been experiencing for years is worth mentioning. There's a very human element involved in extracting the data you need and convincing people to follow treatments.

[pixl97]

As people hook themselves up to more AI assistants and health monitoring applications I'm not sure if that will always remain true. Our telemetry devices may start to pick up on these things before we even do.