Imagine you're presented with a form before your next doctors visit or therapy session:
"Many providers are now using a new secure app that listens and drafts a note of your visit. If you prefer us not to use this technology, tell your provider at the start of your visit."
And then there's simply an "I acknowledge" button.
No button to opt out or decline.
No option to say "actually, I decline being recorded."
No details about this supposed "secure" app.
No explanation of an alternative, if you were to opt out of being recorded.
Just a sentence saying you must verbally inform your clinician to not record at the start of every visit. (So hopefully you remember -- and hopefully you have the confidence to say something!)
This is a real form from a major medical provider.
And we can do better.
