Medical Xpress May 23, 2023
By American Academy of Family Physicians

Researchers from Iceland trained a machine learning model with artificial intelligence to triage patients with respiratory symptoms before the patients visit a primary care clinic.

To train the , the researchers used only questions that a patient might be asked about before a clinic visit. Information was extracted from 1,500 clinical text notes that included a physician’s interpretation of the patient’s symptoms and signs, as well as reasons for clinical decisions made during the consultation, such as imaging referrals and prescriptions.

Patients were categorized into one of five diagnostic categories based on information in clinical notes. Patients from all primary care clinics in the capital area of Iceland were included. The model scored each patient in two extrinsic...

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