Priya's Thursday, two ways

Priya, a psychiatrist in a busy outpatient clinic.

It is Thursday morning. Priya has six patients before lunch. She finishes a session with a patient who has bipolar disorder. She types rough notes: mood better, sleep six hours, no side effects, still anxious about work. She asks ChatGPT to turn them into a structured progress note. She checks it, edits two lines, and signs.

The next patient is starting sertraline. Priya uses Claude to write a plain-language handout about what to expect, common side effects, and when to call. She adds her clinic's phone number. The patient reads it and asks fewer questions.

After lunch, she reviews a new patient with a long chart from another clinic. She pastes the history into Gemini and asks for a one-page summary of diagnoses, medications, and past hospitalizations. She spots a gap in the medication list and follows up.

At four o'clock, she drafts a prior authorization letter for a patient who needs a medication not on the formulary. She uses ChatGPT to write the first draft, then edits it to match the insurer's form. She finishes by four thirty instead of six. She walks to the park with her dog before dinner.