Journal of general internal medicine
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Diagnostic errors, often due to biases in clinical reasoning, significantly affect patient care. While artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT could help mitigate such biases, their potential susceptibility to biases is unknown. ⋯ It seems that, while ChatGPT is not sensitive to bias when biasing information is situational, it is sensitive to bias when the biasing information is part of the patient's disease history. Its utility in diagnostic support has potential, but caution is advised. Future research should enhance AI's bias detection and mitigation to make it truly useful for diagnostic support.
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Many individuals do not receive recommended vaccines, increasing infectious disease morbidity and mortality. It is unknown whether the financial practices of US healthcare institutions contribute to vaccine hesitancy. ⋯ Current medical debt is associated with lower likelihood of recent vaccine receipt in both insured and uninsured individuals. Policies that minimize medical debt may improve vaccine coverage.