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<\/p>\nAN AI bot may be better at diagnosing patients in emergency care than real doctors, a study shows.<\/p>\n
ChatGPT performed as well or better as real-life medics when given the same doctor\u2019s notes of a patient, Dutch researchers found.<\/p>\n
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The chatbot could one day help doctors to reduce waiting times for patients, they suggested.<\/p>\n
Dr Hidde ten Berg, of Jeroen Bosch Hospital, said: \u201cWe found that ChatGPT performed well in generating a list of likely diagnoses and suggesting the most likely option.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also found a lot of overlap with the doctors\u2019 lists of likely diagnoses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply put, this indicates that ChatGPT was able to suggest medical diagnoses much like a human doctor would.\u201d<\/p>\n
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ChatGPT was launched last year by OpenAI and uses one of the most sophisticated language models ever developed.<\/p>\n
Previous research showed it was able to pass the US Medical Licensing Exam and has a better bedside manner than real doctors.<\/p>\n
The latest study, presented at European Emergency Medicine Congress,\u00a0looked at how well it performed in A&E.<\/p>\n
Researchers anonymised details on 30 patients who were treated at Jeroen Bosch Hospital\u2019s emergency department in 2022.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n They entered physicians\u2019 notes on patients\u2019 signs, symptoms and physical examinations into two versions of ChatGPT \u2014 the free 3.5 version and the subscriber 4.0 version.<\/p>\n The chatbots were asked to produce a list of possible diagnoses for the patients, which were compared to real doctors\u2019 lists.<\/p>\n Researchers found a large overlap \u2014 around 60 per cent \u2014 between the shortlists generated by ChatGPT and the doctors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Doctors had the correct diagnosis within their top five likely diagnoses in 87 per cent of the cases, compared to 97 per cent for ChatGPT version 3.5 and 87 per cent for version 4.0.<\/p>\n Dr ten Berg said: \u201cWe included a case of a patient presenting with joint pain that was alleviated with painkillers, but redness, joint pain and swelling always recurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn the previous days, the patient had a fever and sore throat.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cA few times there was a discolouration of the fingertips. Based on the physical exam and additional tests, the doctors thought the most likely diagnosis was probably rheumatic fever, but ChatGPT was correct with its most likely diagnosis of vasculitis.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s vital to remember that ChatGPT is not a medical device and there are concerns over privacy when using ChatGPT with medical data.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, there is potential here for saving time and reducing waiting times in the emergency department.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe benefit of using artificial intelligence could be in supporting doctors with less experience, or it could help in spotting rare diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n Independent experts said the study adds to research suggesting AI could one day be used to assist doctors in hospitals.<\/p>\n Professor Youri Yordanov, of the St Antoine Hospital emergency department, said: \u201cWe are a long way from using ChatGPT in the clinic.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s vital that we explore new technology and consider how it could be used to help doctors and their patients.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cPeople who need to go to the emergency department want to be seen as quickly as possible and to have their problem correctly diagnosed and treated.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to more research in this area and hope that it might ultimately support the work of busy health professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Hospital-trusts-CQC-performance-comp.jpg\")
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