A&E diagnosis using AI 'could cut wait times'

THE AI tool ChatGPT could be used to diagnose patients and reduce waiting times in emergency departments, scientists have suggested.

- Hanna Geissler

A study found that the language model, powered by artificial intelligence, "performed well" in generating a list of patient diagnoses and selecting the most likely health issue.

As a test, researchers entered the records of 30 patients who visited an emergency department in 2022, as well as anonymous doctors' notes, into ChatGPT versions 3.5 and 4.0.

The AI's analysis was compared with the work of two clinicians, who made an assessment based on the same information, both with and without laboratory data.

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