(Press-News.org) About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that ChatGPT provides postoperative instructions that are helpful for patients with a fifth-grade reading level or different health literacy levels. However, ChatGPT generated instructions scored lower in understandability, actionability, and procedure-specific content than Google Search– and institution-specific instructions.
Authors: Noel Ayoub, M.D., M.B.A., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2023.0704)
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Comparison between ChatGPT and Google search as sources of postoperative patient instructions
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
2023-04-27
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