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AI in health
Accounts from patients, family members and professionals who used AI to understand test results, organize symptoms, prepare for appointments, build workout routines or follow a treatment. Here AI helps you ask better questions and organize information. It does not replace a doctor, nutritionist or psychologist, and several cases show exactly that limit. Use the prompts to arrive better prepared at the appointment, and always confirm any decision with someone trained and clinically responsible.
29 cases, 12 of them from Brazil, from newest to oldest. The tools cited most here are ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. People who show up most in these accounts: patient, physician, and nutritionist.
The cases
29 cases
01The GP form they kept putting off
A London user asked the agent to fill out a long form from their family doctor.
02Unexplained fatigue: agent suggested tests and specialists
Noah described his symptoms; the agent listed blood tests and doctors, and he booked everything.
03Disputing a hospital bill the insurer already paid
The agent found the insurer's statement for a surgery from a year earlier and sent the dispute with the document.
04Filling out insurance paperwork while caring for a newborn
Felix Rieseberg gave Claude the hospital PDFs and let the agent fill in the insurer's website.
05Charting your own blood tests from PDFs
Matt Stockton attached lab reports from different years and Claude built a tool that shows the trends and highlights abnormal results.
06Alexa routines to organize your day (with a therapist's tip)
A journalist set up mood, water and lunch reminders on Alexa based on advice from a psychotherapist.
07A pill dispenser that alerts the caregiver
A guide shows a Raspberry Pi with an agent that releases the dose, takes a photo and alerts the family if it isn't taken.
08Reducing a $163,000 hospital bill
Matt Rosenberg asked Claude to compare each billed code with what Medicare pays.
09A startup uses AI to contest health insurance denials
Counterforce Health, from North Carolina, trained AI on billing codes, external reviews and lawsuits against insurers.
10Medical expense reimbursement claims from Amazon receipts
Claude read each receipt, found the eligible amount and date, and filled in the reimbursement portal.
11Food diary by photo, voice or text on Telegram
An n8n template estimates the calories and protein of meals and tracks goals, without asking for weight or height.
12A spreadsheet with the latest WHO data
Testers asked the agent for the World Health Organization's newest public data, organized into tabs.
13Building a personal routine app for ADHD with Codex
An auditor created Neurodiário to organize tasks and record information useful for appointments.
14A nutritionist produces content in 15 minutes a day with AI
A nutritionist from Caxias do Sul lists AI among the turning points in their practice: fast content and a virtual assistant.
15Building an AI system for psychologists from the countryside
A 20-year-old in Tobias Barreto (SE) created EmotionAI, AI-powered clinical management for psychologists.
16Patients take test results to a chatbot before the doctor, and the errors are worrying
In the US, doctors report patients who stopped medication or grew distrustful of vaccines after wrong AI answers.
17Ask an AI for a second reading of an MRI
A developer in Finland gave their shoulder MRI images to Claude Code to compare against the radiology report.
18Build a study platform for medical residency exams
A radiologist who studies AI built RadVenture, with questions, practice exams and AI tools.
19Hospital transcribes consultations with AI and the doctor validates the medical record
Einstein used an AI that listens to the consultation and suggests a structured entry for the medical record.
20Nutritionists Assess Diets Created by AI
Experts explain where a chatbot's meal plan helps and where it becomes a risk.
21Psychologists Using AI to Transcribe and Summarize Sessions
A BBC Brasil report spoke with psychologists who already use AI in their practice.
22Why Asking AI for a Meal Plan Instead of a Nutritionist Can Go Wrong
A report recalls the case of an American who was poisoned after swapping salt for bromide.
23Doctor with Parkinson's Uses AI So He No Longer Has to Type Patient Records
A pulmonologist diagnosed with Parkinson's at age 40 uses an assistant that takes notes and summarizes appointments.
24Patient Uses ChatGPT to Understand Test Reports and Question Her Treatment Protocol
A social media professional with breast nodules used ChatGPT to understand her reports and discuss treatment with her oncologist.
25Doctor Tests Diagnoses Suggested by ChatGPT and DeepSeek
At the invitation of the TV show Fantástico, Drauzio Varella compared what two AIs suggest for clinical cases.
26Trainers Evaluate Workouts Built by ChatGPT and Gemini
CNN asked AIs for weight-loss and beginner workouts and took the results to two professionals.
27Mother organizes her son's symptoms with ChatGPT after years without a diagnosis
After three years and many doctors, a mother used ChatGPT to organize symptoms and arrived at a hypothesis confirmed by a specialist.
28A running plan for someone who hated running
An American asked ChatGPT for a science-based exercise plan, ran six times a week and lost 12 kg.
29A second opinion for the dog's health
An owner pasted test results into GPT-4, which suggested a hypothesis that the veterinarian confirmed.