Medical Xpress November 15, 2024
A study investigating the impact of artificial intelligence on health care has shown that using large language models to process thousands of patient records daily across multiple hospitals could lead to substantial resource consumption.
Published 15 November in Internal Medicine Journal, researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Reading highlight ways in which hospitals can use AI responsibly—including using shorter prompts to summarize patient data.
Oliver Kleinig, who led the research from the University of Adelaide, said, “Every day you are in hospital, doctors, nurses, and other hospital professionals are documenting pages and pages about your health. By the end of a hospital stay, it is possible to accumulate tens of thousands of words to your name....
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