Dear HIFA colleagues,
Below is an extract from a Comment in the current issue of The Lancet Digital Health. Full text here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(23)00048-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email
'This pilot assessment shows that it is possible to generate clinic letters with a high overall correctness and humanness score with ChatGPT. Furthermore, these letters were written at a reading level that is broadly similar to current real-world human generated letters.9 The ability of AI to generate clinical letters as an alternative to those written by clinicians raises important considerations for the quality and effectiveness of health-care communication. It is important that potential risks, such as omissions or errors, which might have serious consequences for patient care, are mitigated.'
CITATION: Using ChatGPT to write patient clinic letters
Stephen R Ali et al.
Lancet Digital Health, March 07, 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00048-1
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org
