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Damian Procter

How Doctors and Patients Can Use ChatGPT for Smarter Healthcare

Can ChatGPT's vast medical knowledge combine with clinical-level logic? Through prompt engineering frameworks like CRISP, the future of AI health analysis is coming.



For anyone looking to take charge of their health journey, ChatGPT presents an exciting new option to aid in your own medical research and understanding.

  • For Patients: While no replacement for professional medical advice, this free (or very affordable) conversational AI system allows regular people to easily tap into an extensive knowledge base for preliminary health guidance whenever needed.

  • For Doctors: ChatGPT present exciting new opportunities for physicians to improve patient care and education. Doctors can leverage ChatGPT's medical knowledge to generate detailed diagnostic reports, treatment plans, and explanations of complex conditions in plain language for patients.

💡 This is a baseline framework you can use to tweak to your particular case i.e. Patient, doctor, advocate, etc.

With responsible use, ChatGPT can be an invaluable starting point for investigating health concerns, grasping terminology, asking questions, and determining if further professional help is required.

When utilized properly, it puts transparent, accessible health information and education directly into the hands of patients and caregivers.

However, to optimize ChatGPT for your health needs, there are a few best practices to keep in mind: Clearly explain symptoms, be detailed in your questions, request simplification of complex terms, fact-check all information against reliable sources, and always defer to a licensed healthcare provider for official diagnoses and treatment plans.


Utilizing the CRISP Prompt Engineering Framework

When querying ChatGPT on health topics, it is important to structure prompts to guide the AI towards critical thinking using frameworks like CRISP (Conceptualize, Reflect, Index, Stress-test, Present).


As a statistical model, ChatGPT lacks inherent reasoning capabilities despite its vast knowledge. CRISP compensates for this by scaffolding the AI through staged prompting focused on logic and reflection. This directs ChatGPT to synthesize information and critically evaluate responses beyond just regurgitating data.

Applying CRISP allows us to complement ChatGPT’s impressive knowledge base with more advanced reasoning. The result is output with greater logical soundness – combining expansive AI knowledge with structured critical analysis for assured confidence in the health guidance provided.

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