ChatGPT-4 in Neurosurgery: Improving Patient Education Materials.

Journal: Neurosurgery
Published Date: Jul 24, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Adequate understanding of health information has been shown to be a stronger determinant of health than several demographic factors, including age, income, or employment status. However, existing neurosurgical patient education materials (PEMs) may be too complex for the average American and may contribute to poor health literacy. Large language model chatbots may provide a rapid and low-cost means of rewriting existing PEMs at a lower reading level to improve patient understanding and overall health literacy.

Authors

  • Aman Singh
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Nithin Gupta
    Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Lillington, North Carolina, USA.
  • Derek L Chien
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Rohin Singh
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Aanya Sachdeva
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Keerthana Danasekaran
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Avi Gajjar
    Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA.
  • Clifton Houk
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Muhammad Jalal
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Adam Li
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Racquel Whyte
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Jonathan J Stone
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • G Edward Vates
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

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