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That’s correct. And I still baffles me that no substantial improvements have been made in that problem space. My grocery shop has a LLM powered Robo-assistant, and doctors are still copy-pasting (or even worse, re-inputting them by hand) text between various pieces of software on a daily basis.

I understand regulation plays a good role in that, but I can’t believe that it is the only reason..

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LLMs are absolutely being used in medical transcribing. A doctor I know was just raving to me about Epic's new system. Now instead of staring at the computer during the whole appointment he has the epic LLM fill out the report from his notes and does brief editing which allows more face to face time.

That’s good to know! I’m guessing some hospitals are too stingy to pay for that feature then..

Healthcare software is incredibly resilient against bottom-up replacement.

Huge feature lists, high standards for correctness, strict regulations, existing long-term contracts.

It's like the space industry before SpaceX. Everyone knows the incumbent is inefficient, but you can't compete without building the whole damn rocket.

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