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ArticleInternal medicine journal2025

Large language model discharge summary preparation using real-world electronic medical record data shows promise.

Lewis Hains, Oliver Kleinig, Ashwin Murugappa, Samuel Gluck, Jarrod Marks, Toby Gilbert, Stephen Bacchi

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Article in Internal medicine journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Lewis HainsAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0577-9105
Oliver KleinigAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Ashwin MurugappaAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Samuel GluckDivision of Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jarrod MarksDivision of Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Toby GilbertAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3431-9672
Stephen BacchiAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of large language models (LLMs) in discharge summary preparation using real clinical documentation remains novel. Our study aimed to test the efficacy of two LLMs to generate DC summaries which were scored using a validated discharge summary scoring metric. The models performed nearly identically, with the llama3:instruct model having a mean score of 19.1/31 (SD: 2.42) compared to 19.2/31 (SD: 3.48) when produced by llama3:70b. Using LLMs to aid in the generation of discharge summaries may help to reduce the overall clinical administrative workload.

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artificial intelligencedischarge summaryhospital efficiencymachine learning

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PMID40434141
PMCPMC12240013

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