Evaluating the Quality and Understandability of Radiology Report Summaries Generated by ChatGPT: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT: Radiology reports convey critical medical information to health care providers and patients. Unfortunately, they are often difficult for patients to comprehend, causing confusion and anxiety, thereby limiting patient engagement in health care decision-making. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT (OpenAI) can create simplified, patient-friendly report summaries to increase accessibility, albeit with errors. We evaluated the accuracy and clarity of ChatGPT-generated summaries compared to original radiologist-assessed radiology reports, assessed patients' understanding and satisfaction with the summaries compared to the original reports, and compared the readability of the original reports and summaries using validated readability metrics. We anonymized 30 radiology reports created by ne

SUBMITTER: Sunshine A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12385610 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature