Developing and evaluating large language model–generated emergency medicine handoff notes
JAMA Network Open
2024-12-03
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About The Study: In this cohort study of 1,600 emergency medicine patient medical records, large language model (LLM)-generated emergency medicine-to-inpatient handoff notes were determined superior compared with physician-written summaries via conventional automated evaluation methods, but marginally inferior in usefulness and safety via a novel evaluation framework. This study suggests the importance of a physician-in-loop implementation design for this model and demonstrates an effective strategy to measure pre-implementation patient safety of LLM models.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Vince Hartman, MS, email vince@abstractivehealth.com.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.48723)
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