Leveraging Large Language Models to Improve the Readability of German Online Medical Texts: Evaluation Study

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Authors

Martin Wiesner · German Medical Association

Monika Pobiruchin · German Medical Association

Abstract

LLMs can improve the readability of PEMs in German. This moderate improvement can support patients reading PEMs online. LLMs demonstrated their potential to make complex online medical text more accessible to a broader audience by increasing readability. This is the first study to evaluate this for German online medical texts.

Topics & Keywords

Text Readability and Simplification Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Wikis in Education and Collaboration

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: JMIR AI

Volume 5, pp. e77149-e77149

DOI: 10.2196/77149

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