#08 the state of healthcare (and why large language models should be used)

What is the current state of healthcare in the UK, is it ethical for patients to use LLMs for their healthcare ? Dev and Doc is a Podcast where developers and doctors join forces to deep dive into AI in healthcare. Together, we can build models that matter. Hey! If you are enjoying our conversations, reach out, share your thoughts and journey with us. Don't forget to subscribe whilst you're here :) 👨🏻‍⚕️Doc - Dr. Joshua Au Yeung - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-joshua-auyeung/ 🤖Dev - Zeljko Kraljevic https://twitter.com/zeljkokr 00:25 Intro 01:25 A personal account of the current state of healthcare 05:18 Did the covid pandemic really make a difference? 08:30 The NHS elective waiting list - 7.7 million patients and counting 12:04 Ghost patients - a data conundrum 13:55 BBC hospital waiting time tracker, ambulance wait times 19:00 Using AI / NLP to tackle elective lists 19:50 Patients will use tech like LLMs and ChatGPT to self diagnose 22:00 Symptoms need to be explored 26:10 data distribution on the web is skewed 28:50 Is it permissible to use LLMs in healthcare? 32:35 Directions for the future 35:20 ending The podcast 🎙️ 🔊Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3QO5Lr3w4Rd6lqwlfKDaB7?si=e7915d844994403e 📙Substack: https://aiforhealthcare.substack.com/ 🎞️ Editor- Dragan Kraljević https://www.instagram.com/dragan_kraljevic/ 🎨Brand design and art direction - Ana Grigorovici https://www.behance.net/anagrigorovici027d Refs BBC wait tracker - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59549800 NHS waiting list, health foundation- https://www.health.org.uk/waiting-list