Ligia Pacheco
Coverage of Ligia Pacheco in the Nexus archive.
- Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits
Mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente are concerned about an AI tool called Abridge that records entire medical appointments, including mental health sessions, without fully disclosing data handling practices to patients or providers. The tool requires patient consent but does not explain how recordings are stored, accessed, or protected, leading to provider frustrations and calls for greater transparency.
- Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits
Mental health providers are using AI tools like Abridge to record patient visits, raising privacy concerns. Patients are informed of recordings but not how data is stored, accessed, or protected, leading to frustration among providers like Ilana Marcucci-Morris and Ligia Pacheco who report inadequate transparency from Kaiser Permanente.