For starters, ward nurses spend 25-35% of their time doing documentation. This is doing patient notes, transcribing vitals, filling in forms and checklists, logging in and out of workstations, etc etc.
Much of this could be replaced by audio/video input.
Secondly, if the LLM can identify at risk patients or drug checks, you don’t need a nurse or 2 nurses to dispense medications or identify at risk patients. Multimodal input LLM plus a caring low skilled person can do the necessary things far more often.
These 2 factors alone can reduce nursing workload by half.
As for family doctors, I would personally be very happy to transfer my basic general care to a good LLM right now. Everything I need is straightforward, protocolised and the hassle of making appointments, delays, waiting rooms, form filling etc is more of a barrier to my healthcare than current LLM deficiencies.
Much of this could be replaced by audio/video input.
Secondly, if the LLM can identify at risk patients or drug checks, you don’t need a nurse or 2 nurses to dispense medications or identify at risk patients. Multimodal input LLM plus a caring low skilled person can do the necessary things far more often.
These 2 factors alone can reduce nursing workload by half.
As for family doctors, I would personally be very happy to transfer my basic general care to a good LLM right now. Everything I need is straightforward, protocolised and the hassle of making appointments, delays, waiting rooms, form filling etc is more of a barrier to my healthcare than current LLM deficiencies.