Radiology Business March 26, 2024
Large language models such as ChatGPT excel at simplifying radiology report impressions, according to new research published Tuesday.
Traditionally, only the radiologist and referring provider have accessed these documents. But the rise of patient portals, telemedicine and regulations such as the 21st Century Cures Act are transforming patients’ relationship with their medical information, experts wrote in Radiology [1].
Scientists with the Yale School of Medicine aimed to investigate how LLMs like ChatGPT-3.5/4, Google’s Bard (now known as Gemini) and Microsoft Bing could improve readability of radiology reports. All four got the job done with differing degrees of effectiveness, the study concluded.
“Although the success of each large language model varied depending on the specific prompt wording, all four evaluated models...