Matthew Spotnitz, Betina Idnay, Emily R Gordon, Rebecca Shyu, Gongbo Zhang, Cong Liu, James J Cimino, Chunhua Weng
A Survey of Clinicians' Views of the Utility of Large Language Models
Applied clinical informatics
mycobacterium avium complex mac complex lung infection requiring multidisciplinary approach management due limited clinicianpatient interactions clinicians may refer patients online resources learn diagnosis prognosis treatment mac american medical association ama recommends educational materials written sixthgrade reading level national institutes health nih recommends patient education materials written eighthgrade reading level however several evaluations found materials inaccessible due high literacy levels date never health literacy assessment mac patient education materials study aims assess health literacy online patient education materials mac patient education materials evaluated readability actionability understandability clarity readability assessed fleschkincaid grade level scale fkgl smog index coleman liau index cli gunning fog index gfi automated readability index ari actionability understandability evaluated using patient education materials assessment tool pemat centers disease control cdc clear communication index cci used assess clarity ten patient education resources evaluated cdc cleveland clinic mayo clinic jama american thoracic society ats national jewish health uptodate chest webmd medline mean readability scores follows fkgl 976 smog index 982 cli 1354 gfi 1166 ari 915 four patient education materials written sixthgrade reading level eight patient education materials written eighthgrade reading level majority materials received passing score understandability failed achieve passing score actionability cleveland clinic jama ats received passing clarity score indicating easy read patient education materials available uptodate patient education materials scored poorly actionability clarity scoring highly readability understandability study serve guide clinicians interested offering online education materials patients increasing access readable mac educational materials priority working intersection public health clinical care communications