Dr. Google to Dr. ChatGPT: assessing the content and quality of artificial intelligence-generated medical information on appendicitis.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date: Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have recently been posited as potential sources of online medical information for patients making medical decisions. Existing online patient-oriented medical information has repeatedly been shown to be of variable quality and difficult readability. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the content and quality of AI-generated medical information on acute appendicitis.

Authors

  • Yazid K Ghanem
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA. ghanem-yazidkhalilmo@cooperhealth.edu.
  • Armaun D Rouhi
    Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Ammr Al-Houssan
    Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA.
  • Zena Saleh
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
  • Matthew C Moccia
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
  • Hansa Joshi
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
  • Kristoffel R Dumon
  • Young Hong
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
  • Francis Spitz
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
  • Amit R Joshi
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
  • Michael Kwiatt
    Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.

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