Accuracy of natural language processors for patients seeking inguinal hernia information.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: NLPs such as ChatGPT are novel sources of online healthcare information that are readily accessible and integrated into internet search tools. The accuracy of NLP-generated responses to health information questions is unknown.

Authors

  • Alex Lois
    Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland, MC 5095, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. Alex.Lois@bsd.uchicago.edu.
  • Robert Yates
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Megan Ivy
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Colette Inaba
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Roger Tatum
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Lawrence Cetrulo
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Zoe Parr
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Judy Chen
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Saurabh Khandelwal
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
  • Andrew Wright
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.