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. 2024 Dec 10:10:e51435.
doi: 10.2196/51435.

ChatGPT May Improve Access to Language-Concordant Care for Patients With Non-English Language Preferences

Fiatsogbe Dzuali  1 , Kira Seiger  2 , Roberto Novoa  3   4 , Maria Aleshin  3 , Joyce Teng  3 , Jenna Lester #  1 , Roxana Daneshjou #  3   5
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ChatGPT May Improve Access to Language-Concordant Care for Patients With Non-English Language Preferences

Fiatsogbe Dzuali et al. JMIR Med Educ. .

Abstract

This study evaluated the accuracy of ChatGPT in translating English patient education materials into Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. While ChatGPT shows promise for translating Spanish and Russian medical information, Mandarin translations require further refinement, highlighting the need for careful review of AI-generated translations before clinical use.

Keywords: ChatGPT; artificial intelligence; health care disparity; human language; language; language-concordant care; natural language model; patient education; preference; survey; translation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: RD is an AAD AI committee member and associate editor at the Journal of Investigative Dermatology and NEJM AI; has received consulting fees from Pfizer, L’Oreal, and Frazier Healthcare Partners; and has stock options in Revea and MDAlgorithms.

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