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by egorfine 1196 days ago
Right now I am working on an MVP of a product just like this one for a private psychiatry practice.

> HIPAA - You absolutely, 100%, without a doubt need to be HIPAA compliant

This is incorrect: kindly reminder that HIPAA is a specific law applicable only to a single particular country. The vast majority of the world does not need to be compliant to it. Although similar laws exists elsewhere, they are not at all insurmountable.

> More tactically, most EHR access occurs via remote access

I have never seen a system where EHR access is used via remote desktop. (Although I admit that would be a good security measure). But then again, I'm not in the US.

> can this system differential between prednisone and prednilisone

Whisper is nothing short of magic in this regard. Yes it can - out of the box. Even more: it can easily differentiate lots of medical terms in languages other than english. Even more: it can easily parse compound terms like "hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis" in other languages where first two words sounds very very similar.

I reckon that differentiating prednisone and prednisolone in doctor's writing is a harder problem than differentiating those from voice.

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Having said that, your concerns and remarks are very valid. This is why we are not focusing on replacing written records/EHR fill out. There are other ways AI and large language models could deliver help for psych practice and the patient. And safer.