What ChatGPT Means for Virtual-First Care

The following is a guest article by Erica Jain, Co-Founder and CEO at Healthie ChatGPT has been dominating headlines since its release in November. While the AI Chatbot has already led to some truly whimsical poetry, comedic greetings, and helpful travel suggestions, it has also started to raise questions about its application in healthcare. ChatGPT is revolutionizing the world – and this will hit healthcare, albeit a bit slower than other industries. Healthcare is inherently conservative and resistant to change, plus liability in a care setting is a massive issue. All that being said, in the 5 to 10-year time horizon, Large Language Models (LLMs) will displace trillions of dollars in waste and eventually revolutionize how care is delivered.  The Revolution Comes Slowly, Then All at Once OpenAI’s timing is uncanny for digital health as an industry. We recently emerged from digital health’s giant leap forward in 2021 and 2022 – not just in terms of funding, but in terms of adoption and innovation. This timing matters because ChatGPT’s innovation will be layered upon this new digital frontier of healthcare: Virtual-first companies stand to benefit the most. We’ve seen other countries like China and India, apply Internet 2.0 technologies directly to Mobile and skip the Web, thus leapfrogging consumer adoption on a massive scale. Similarly, ChatGPT will be best applied to Virtual-first companies as opposed to traditional, in-person-first healthcare companies....
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