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ArticlePloS one2025

Advancing medical question answering with a knowledge embedding transformer.

Xiang Zhu, Mustaqeem Khan, Abdelmalik Taleb-Ahmed, Alice Othmani

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Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Xiang ZhuLaboratoire Images, Signaux et Systémes Intelligents (LiSSi), Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8134-2175
Mustaqeem KhanCollege of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Abdelmalik Taleb-AhmedLaboratory of IEMN, Centrale Lille, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes, France.
Alice OthmaniLaboratoire Images, Signaux et Systémes Intelligents (LiSSi), Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient medical question answering is essential for better patient care. Despite progress since Eliza (1966), even advanced LLMs (e.g., GPT-4) struggle with medical data. This study presents a system combining knowledge embedding and transformers. It includes a knowledge understanding layer and an answer generation layer. Tested on the MedQA dataset, it achieved 82.92% accuracy, outperforming GPT-4's 71.07%. The results demonstrate the system's ability to deliver accurate and ethical answers. This integrated method improves response speed and quality. Future work will enhance precision, support patient interaction, and integrate multimodal data for improved healthcare query processing.

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Delivery of Health CareGenerative Artificial IntelligenceAlgorithmsHumansKnowledgeMedical History Taking

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PMID40825019
PMCPMC12360605

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