Vital.io Translating doctor jargon into regular human English
Aug 24, 2023
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The podcast features the CEO and CTO of Vital.io, a tool that translates doctor's notes into understandable language. They discuss the importance of understanding medical notes, patient experience software, prompt engineering, cost considerations, audio challenges, security measures, AI's accuracy compared to human doctors, and AI's value in long-term care.
Vital.io uses a language model as a doctor-patient translator to simplify doctors' notes and improve communication between healthcare professionals and patients.
Vital prioritizes data security by following rigorous measures, such as external security audits, and relies on trusted platforms like Google and Microsoft for handling patient data.
Deep dives
The Art of Writing Effective Prompts for AI Systems
The podcast episode discusses the art of writing effective prompts for AI systems, focusing on chat GPT, mid-journey, and Dolly. The hosts introduce their guests, Aaron Patzer and Felix Brand, who are from Vital, a company that has launched a new product. They emphasize the importance of clear communication between doctors and patients and highlight how doctors' notes can be confusing due to medical terminology and abbreviations. The guests explain that Vital uses a large language model as a doctor-patient translator to simplify doctors' notes. They also discuss the training process of the language model, the use of prompts and classifiers to categorize different types of notes, and the importance of context windows and pricing considerations in the AI system.
Ensuring Secure and HIPAA-Compliant Handling of Patient Data
The podcast delves into the topic of securing patient data and the challenges of handling HIPAA-compliant information. Aaron Patzer, the CEO of Vital, talks about the importance of ensuring data security and mentions the rigorous security measures the company follows, including external security audits. He explains that using OpenAI for handling patient data is not possible due to compliance requirements, and instead, the company relies on platforms like Google and Microsoft, which are trusted and knowledgeable about healthcare security regulations. The discussion also touches upon the potential for AI to access and analyze a patient's complete health history, improving care and outcomes.
Vital's Focus on Improving Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Experience
The podcast highlights Vital's mission to improve patient outcomes and healthcare experiences. The guests emphasize the importance of empowering patients and helping them understand their care instructions. They mention the benefits of Vital's patient experience software, which guides patients through their visits, provides information about lab results and medication side effects, and offers access to healthcare data. The hosts and guests also discuss the potential for AI to enhance diagnostic capabilities and predict patient health outcomes. They mention the challenge of navigating the complex healthcare landscape and the need for innovative solutions to prioritize patient health and well-being.
While at AI4, Wes from How To Talk to AI [ https://httta.substack.com ] and I interviewed the CEO and CTO of Vital.io They just launched a really cool tool: it turns your jargon-laden doctor's notes into something you can actually understand. You paste text, upload screenshots, whatever you want to do.
Unfortunately our recording systems had a hiccup, so around 11 minutes the audio quality isn't quite as stellar. Still worth listening to for some very interesting points!
00:00 Welcome, and we're with HTTA 10:52 Less great audio from here on, sorry!