r/PatientPowerUp • u/Old_Glove9292 • 18d ago

Illinois has made it illegal for patients to use AI tools to manage their own health in order to protect and enrich the medical establishment

https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/illinois-bans-medical-use-ai-without-clinician-input
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u/transfire 18d ago

Stupid. Doctors (and nurses) don’t know everything. Should we ban consulting medical encyclopedias too?

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 17d ago

The title is misleading. This doesn't prevent you or doctors from using AI.

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 18d ago

This is aimed at providers just to be clear. It's not aimed at you talking to Gemini or whatever. It's saying that if you go to a provider expecting to get mental health care, they can't just throw an AI at you call it good (you could do that yourself afterall). They need to actually provide the service. Also this doesn't prevent the provider from using AI as part of treatment, they just need to actually be doing the job they're getting paid for so they can't give you a tablet and walk away and then charge you for it.

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u/Old_Glove9292 18d ago

It's aimed at tech companies too. If tech companies can't build and market alternative solutions to patients, then the result is that patients have less freedom of choice. If a patient wants to seek help outside of the current healthcare pipeline, then they should be empowered to do so. Especially given the persistent and growing concerns around medical error, chemical/physical restraints, involuntary hospitalization, and medical paternalism.

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u/Tater-Sprout 18d ago edited 18d ago

The medical system is going to be the most difficult to disrupt.

These jackasses even got Google to change their foundational algorithm in 2016 with the YMYL update. Literally took free display of websites across the web and forcibly destroyed rankings for every website that wasn’t an “approved hospital or doctor“ website.

Straight up, full-on censorship, in the name of “protecting the patient”.

These people gatekeep medical information. Keep the general public uneducated on health intentionally. Hide published studies behind subscriptions and credentials. And hate when patients show up more informed than they are.

I literally pray that AI progress does not get squashed by these madly insecure people who are terrified to lose their jobs and somehow have so much power over decision makers.

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u/Old_Glove9292 18d ago

Preach! You're spot on. Just keep calling them out and spreading the word. We've got a long way to go, but awareness is growing, and the tide is slowly turning in favor of patients. Every post, comment, and conversion matters 💪