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. 2023 Jun 1;149(6):556-558.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.0704.

Comparison Between ChatGPT and Google Search as Sources of Postoperative Patient Instructions

Noel F Ayoub  1 , Yu-Jin Lee  1 , David Grimm  1 , Karthik Balakrishnan  1
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Comparison Between ChatGPT and Google Search as Sources of Postoperative Patient Instructions

Noel F Ayoub et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .
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Plain language summary

This qualitative study rates the level of understandability, actionability, and procedure-specific content in postoperative instructions generated from ChatGPT, Google Search, and Stanford University.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Balakrishnan reported receiving royalties from Springer Inc outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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