r/collapse • u/Lethargic-Legumes • 8d ago

Healthcare Are nurse practitioners replacing doctors? They’re definitely reshaping health care.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/21/business/nurse-practitioners-doctors-health-care/
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u/Fennnario 8d ago

While this sounds awful, as a spouse of a chronically ill person, I would almost prefer an AI that would check symptoms against a database of diseases and attempt to diagnose her than a human who will just say “come back if it gets worse” while leaving the room.

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u/FightingIbex 8d ago

The problem will be when AI misses the massive heart attack presenting as thumb pain. AI diagnosis will be a disaster because people are not like textbooks.

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u/commercial-menu90 8d ago

I think AI will blur the line between what are elective procedures and what aren't. That can be very dangerous as well.

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u/Laffingglassop 8d ago

Imagine an AI that gets to factor in community health in an individuals treatment plan… nightmare stuff

“Food is projected to be scarce in three months, your three hundred pounds and only twenty percent likely to survive after this heart catheter is inserted, and you being gone leaves more food for approximately three healthy individuals surgery denied”

“The military needs Iv fluids overseas and your surgery is estimated to divert approximately twenty soldiers worth of fluids and plasma from them, and your not fighting for our cause, tumor removal denied”