Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence vs Professionally Translated Discharge Instructions
In this comparative effectiveness analysis of AI- vs professionally translated issued discharge instructions, AI-translated instructions performed similarly for Spanish but worse for other languages tested. Validation and clinical implementation of AI-based translation will require special attention to languages of lesser diffusion to prevent creating new inequities.
Authors
- Theresa Y. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-5369)
- K. Casey Lion
- Jason J. Lau
- Nicholas A. Hartell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-6695)
- Blanca Fields
- Samuel G. Finlayson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7997-5959)
- Yu-Hsiang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-3690)
- Nguyen Tran-Ngoc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-0992)
- M Martos Martos
- Emily Larimer
- Taylor Salaguinto
Institutions
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Seattle University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.32312
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.26