ChatGPT outperformed doctors in answering patients’ questions, according to medical professionals. The evaluators preferred the chatbot response to the physician responses 78.6% (95% CI, 75.0%-81.8%) of the 585 evaluations.
Not sure who the evaluators are because it isn’t important*. What is important is that if you are employed as a physician then your boss will soon be trying to get AI to replace you. They are already doing it with nondoctors.
If you ever thought about doing Direct Care then now is the time before it is too late.
(*Why isn’t it important? Because these studies are created to make you look bad and dispensable. They will be used against doctors. They won’t use DPC docs here because we have time to answer questions and actually care about our answers.)
Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement.
He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care:
The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice
The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal
Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity)
In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.
