AI incident #1695 ·
AI Medical Scribe Reportedly Added False Psychedelic-Mushroom Use Claim to Australian Patient Rebecca Green's Medical Record
In brief
An AI system built by AI transcription technology developers and deployed by Medical personnel, Doctors and 1 other allegedly harmed Rebecca Green, Privacy and 2 others.
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What happened
Australian patient Rebecca Green reportedly discovered that a post-operative letter sent by her urologist to her GP falsely said she micro-dosed psychedelic mushrooms and suggested this could explain prior kidney bleeding. Green had reportedly consented to an AI scribe during her first urology appointment and feared the false record could affect her workers' compensation case. Her urologist reportedly apologized, corrected the letter, and said the error appeared to arise during dictation or tran
Editor's notes
The date of Green's initial AI-transcribed appointment is not yet known from public reporting. 03/01/2026 is used as a month-level fallback because she reportedly discovered the erroneous correspondence after kidney-stone surgery in March 2026. She reportedly later complained, after which her urologist apologized and corrected the record; exact dates for the complaint and correction were not reported. The incident ID was created 09/18/2026.
News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Medical personnel Doctors AI transcription tool users
- Alleged developer
- AI transcription technology developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Rebecca Green Privacy Patients Epistemic integrity
AI systems implicated
Clinical documentation AIAI transcription toolsAI medical scribe systems
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Source record: incident #1695 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report