LLMs give patients interpretation and a plan, eroding physician authority
cyrilzakka · x · 2026-10-03
Harlan Krumholz, editor at JACC, argues that while search engines gave patients documents, LLMs now provide interpretation and a plan. The information asymmetry that reinforced physician authority is eroding, and his Editor's Page explores where that leaves physicians. The article is free to read.
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