Search Tag: digital medicine
2025 27 Oct
Large language models (LLMs) can recall extensive medical facts yet still produce unsafe outputs when prompted in ways that conflict with basic logic. Researchers evaluated five frontier LLMs using drug prompts that deliberately misrepresented brand–generic equivalence, a setting where models already have the knowledge to recognise the flaw. The...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly explored in mental health where speech and narrative often mirror symptom burden. A German BERT-based model was fine-tuned to estimate item-level scores on the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) using language alone from structured interviews. The approach predicted continuous scores...Read more
2025 22 Jun
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds considerable promise for transforming healthcare through earlier diagnoses, more efficient care delivery and tailored treatments. However, despite rapid technological advances, few AI systems are successfully integrated into clinical settings. This persistent translational gap is driven not by a lack of accuracy...Read more
2019 02 Jul
Voice assistants are used for a variety of reasons, from helping users do simple web search to keeping track of business meetings (similar to an office assistant or secretary). The technology is also being used to help with some tasks related to healthcare. Some large hospitals, for example, have "chatbots" that patients can communicate with to...Read more