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take_eacy t1_j0hisvl wrote

I think framing this as a better WebMD (which as a clinician, is a shitty resource I kind of hate but IMO is probably better than having no such resource) is the best way to go. Go in the direction more as consumer wellness than real medical advice (which is a high bar and risk aversion is extremely high).

IMO, medical research is too bogged down with moving slowly and being risk averse. This is how AI in medicine efforts tend to really lag their mainstream CS counterparts. I'm glad there are efforts to be careful, but as someone in academic medicine, I think there can be way too much inertia

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tmblweeds OP t1_j0hk6fs wrote

Yeah I feel like right now the answers are in a weird spot...it's understandable/usable by motivated consumers/patients (like WebMD), but looking at primary research is more of a clinician/doctor thing (like UpToDate). Truthfully I'm more interested in making a better WebMD, since I think most health decisions (diet, exercise, sleep, supplements, OTC meds, etc.) are made without any MD input.

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take_eacy t1_j0hlpw6 wrote

FYI, There's also a For Patients section and Beyond the Basics section meant for well read patients in Uptodate that doctors will print out for patients (they're meant for that use case)

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