Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN has employed ChatGPT to help improve computer system alerts that clinicians rely on for decision-making. In a blind test, a panel comprising four physicians and one pharmacist evaluated suggestions generated by ChatGPT alongside those from clinical specialists and concluded that nine of the top 20 recommendations were provided by the AI. Postdoctoral research fellow, Siru Liu, explained that such automated alerts can often be dismissed by time-pressured clinicians, but that leveraging AI could speed up the process and improve overall decision-making. The results from ChatGPT’s test were encouraging and there is potential for the AI to become even more effective with further specialized training.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a leading research center in the field of healthcare, conducting research that helps spur progress in clinical care, patient outcomes, and disease prevention. The institution prides itself on providing exceptional clinical care, training healthcare professionals, and creating a better understanding of health and disease through medical research.
Siru Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and led the team that conducted the AI test using ChatGPT. Liu is an expert in AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP), with a particular research focus on developing computational models for NLP applications in clinical informatics, drug discovery, and social media analysis. Liu’s work has been recognized through numerous prestigious awards and published in leading scientific journals.
