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- Title
Enhancing Triage Efficiency and Accuracy in Emergency Rooms for Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Triage Using ChatGPT 4.0.
- Authors
Gebrael, Georges; Sahu, Kamal Kant; Chigarira, Beverly; Tripathi, Nishita; Mathew Thomas, Vinay; Sayegh, Nicolas; Maughan, Benjamin L.; Agarwal, Neeraj; Swami, Umang; Li, Haoran
- Abstract
Simple Summary: Emergency rooms play a crucial role in providing immediate care to patients with metastatic prostate cancer. To enhance efficiency and accuracy of triage decisions for these patients, the authors conducted a retrospective analysis using ChatGPT 4.0, an advanced artificial intelligence system. The study investigated the effectiveness of ChatGPT in assisting healthcare providers with decision-making in the emergency room, focusing on patient outcomes and resource allocation. The findings demonstrated that ChatGPT showed high sensitivity in determining patient admission and provided accurate and comprehensive diagnoses. It also offered additional treatment recommendations, potentially improving the quality of care. These results suggest that ChatGPT has the potential to assist healthcare providers in enhancing patient triage and improving the efficiency and quality of care in emergency settings for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Background: Accurate and efficient triage is crucial for prioritizing care and managing resources in emergency rooms. This study investigates the effectiveness of ChatGPT, an advanced artificial intelligence system, in assisting health providers with decision-making for patients presenting with metastatic prostate cancer, focusing on the potential to improve both patient outcomes and resource allocation. Methods: Clinical data from patients with metastatic prostate cancer who presented to the emergency room between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023 were retrospectively collected. The primary outcome was the sensitivity and specificity of ChatGPT in determining whether a patient required admission or discharge. The secondary outcomes included the agreement between ChatGPT and emergency medicine physicians, the comprehensiveness of diagnoses, the accuracy of treatment plans proposed by both parties, and the length of medical decision making. Results: Of the 147 patients screened, 56 met the inclusion criteria. ChatGPT had a sensitivity of 95.7% in determining admission and a specificity of 18.2% in discharging patients. In 87.5% of cases, ChatGPT made the same primary diagnoses as physicians, with more accurate terminology use (42.9% vs. 21.4%, p = 0.02) and more comprehensive diagnostic lists (median number of diagnoses: 3 vs. 2, p < 0.001). Emergency Severity Index scores calculated by ChatGPT were not associated with admission (p = 0.12), hospital stay length (p = 0.91) or ICU admission (p = 0.54). Despite shorter mean word count (169 ± 66 vs. 272 ± 105, p < 0.001), ChatGPT was more likely to give additional treatment recommendations than physicians (94.3% vs. 73.5%, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our hypothesis-generating data demonstrated that ChatGPT is associated with a high sensitivity in determining the admission of patients with metastatic prostate cancer in the emergency room. It also provides accurate and comprehensive diagnoses. These findings suggest that ChatGPT has the potential to assist health providers in improving patient triage in emergency settings, and may enhance both efficiency and quality of care provided by the physicians.
- Subjects
PROSTATE tumors treatment; THERAPEUTICS; COMPUTERS in medicine; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; INTENSIVE care units; MEDICAL triage; LABOR productivity; HOSPITAL emergency services; CLINICAL decision support systems; METASTASIS; ARTIFICIAL intelligence; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PATIENTS; DECISION support systems; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; SEVERITY of illness index; CANCER patients; QUALITY assurance; EMERGENCY medical services; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SENSITIVITY &; specificity (Statistics); COMPUTER-aided diagnosis; PROSTATE tumors; HEALTH care rationing; DISCHARGE planning
- Publication
Cancers, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 14, p3717
- ISSN
2072-6694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cancers15143717